The Yankees will have five days off to figure out their ALDS roster. Here's a best guess at what it will look like.

The 2024 regular season has come to an end, but the Yankees still have work to do. Unlike last year, the team is heading to the playoffs. In fact, the Bombers have a first-round bye after winning

Anthony Rizzo fractured his right pinky and ring fingers on Saturday and as much as he wants to be ready for October, he's unlikely to be on the Yankees' playoff roster.

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo is now considered a long shot to play in the American League Divisional Series after suffering a fractured finger on his right hand during his team's eventual 9-4 Saturday loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates,

Rizzo was speaking to reporters after the Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4, in their final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. They finished 94-68 — owners of the best record in the American League and the AL East crown. As a reward, they’ll skip the AL Wild Card Series.

With the Yankees‘ regular season finale scheduled for 3:05 p.m. ET start on Sunday, Ben Rice was already working up a sweat in the batting cage shortly after noon. The 25-year-old joined the Yankees for Game 162 after a pitch left fellow first baseman Anthony Rizzo with two fractured fingers in Saturday’s loss to the Pirates.

With uncertainty surrounding Anthony Rizzo’s health heading into the postseason after he fractured two fingers on his right hand on Saturday, the Yankees recalled Ben Rice from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for Sunday’s regular season finale in The Bronx and started the rookie at first base.

Lefty-hitting rookie Ben Rice was recalled and placed in the Yankees' starting lineup Sunday, one day after Anthony Rizzo suffered fractures to two fingers on his right hand.