Aaron Judge will not be undergoing offseason surgery for his elbow injury. Manager Aaron Boone confirmed as much Thursday and told reporters, “He actually had an MRI after the season, showed continued improvement in the flexor muscles. And he finished the season doing pretty well. No surgery is going to be needed for Aaron, he’ll take some time off and …
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Most readers want Yankees manager Aaron Boone, left, and general manager Brian Cashman gone after New York’s season ended in the American League Division Series. Vincent Carchietta / USA Today The New York Yankees’ season came to an end Wednesday night, falling 5-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 4 of the American League Division Series. After another Yankees …
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Aaron Boone’s status as Yankees manager will once again be intensely dissected as the pinstripes were bounced from the postseason on Wednesday night by the Blue Jays. Cam Schlittler was unable to replicate his historic October debut and Toronto put the finishing touches on a gentleman’s sweep to earn a spot in the ALCS. Boone was classy in defeat but …
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The Yankees are going home losers, just as they have in every playoff appearance of Boone’s tenure. Will the franchise finally learn from its failure? The New York Yankees’ season was always going to end this way. That’s because every New York Yankees season of this era ends this way, spiritually speaking. From the moment Aaron Boone succeeded Joe Girardi …
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TORONTO — Aaron Boone is keeping receipts. The Yankees manager was in the midst of talking about his club’s improved infield defense and how well it has played over the last couple of months on Friday when he added some spice. “Contrary to some thoughts up here, we’re a really good team,” Boone said at Rogers Centre ahead of an …
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Aaron Boone was standing in the bowels of Yankee Stadium, fresh off a most critical and tense triumph, explaining how he manages the modern ballplayer in the context of one of the most controversial moves of his baseball life. His New York Yankees had just survived a sudden-death encounter with the Boston Red Sox — barely — in Game 2 …
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. has never been one to hide his feelings, which is why it was obvious he was upset about not being in the lineup for Game 1 of the wild-card series Tuesday despite trying to say the right things. But when it came down to it, his manager had a simple message before Chisholm got back in the …
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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone isn’t worried about second baseman Jazz Chisholm’s mindset after leaving him out of the lineup for Tuesday’s Game 1 loss to the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Series. Boone told reporters on Wednesday that he spoke to Chisholm and explained why he made the decision to leave him in the dugout. …
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The bullpen that has been one of the New York Yankees’ biggest weaknesses this season faltered again in their postseason opener and has them on the brink of elimination at the hands of the rival Boston Red Sox. After starting pitcher Max Fried worked six scoreless innings in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series, manager Aaron Boone let …
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NEW YORK — The New York Yankees face potential elimination Wednesday, and manager Aaron Boone had to explain a pair of decisions that factored into ending up there. The main question: Why pull starting pitcher Max Fried with one out in the seventh inning for inconsistent reliever Luke Weaver, who melted down en route to a 3-1 loss to the …
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