Have you ever been to Yankee Stadium?’ Less than four hours after Jhostynxon Garcia’s Triple-A manager asked him this question, the top outfield prospect walked into the Bronx

With Toro off the roster, Cora expects a strict platoon of Nathaniel Lowe (against righties) and Romy Gonzalez (against lefties) at the first base position. Toro had made 56 starts at the position since being promoted in May in the wake of Triston Casas’ season-ending knee injury but was redundant with Lowe on the roster.

If the Red Sox keep playing like this, though, it threatens to be an awfully short October — assuming they qualify. The Sox dropped another stunner, 4-3, in 11 innings to the Orioles, after leaving the bases loaded in the eighth, ninth, and 10th innings.