Boston Red Sox vs New York Mets Starting Lineup — Saturday, Jul 11, 2026

Boston has only a handful of prior looks at Freddy Peralta, and Ceddanne Rafaela has done the most with them, going 2-for-2 with a 1.000 average and 3.500 OPS. Jarren Duran is 1-for-2 against Peralta for a .500 average and 1.000 OPS. Wilyer Abreu is hitless in 3 at-bats over 3 plate appearances with a .000 OPS, and Masataka Yoshida is also hitless in 3 at-bats over 3 plate appearances with a .000 OPS. Anthony Seigler, Caleb Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, Carlos Narváez, and Tsung-Che Cheng have no MLB history vs Peralta.

The Mets have no prior MLB history against Eduardo Rivera across the entire projected lineup. A.J. Ewing, Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor, Carson Benge, Jorge Polanco, Eric Wagaman, Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, and Zack Short are all seeing Rivera for the first time at the major league level.

The edge in familiarity clearly belongs to Boston, even if the sample is small. New York enters with a completely clean slate against Rivera, while the Red Sox at least have a few hitters who have already faced Peralta.