ATLANTA — Shortly after the Yankees suffered a ninth-inning implosion and a loss to the Marlins on Sunday, Aaron Boone spent a while watching movies of his gamers’ postgame interviews.
Asked why, the supervisor stated that he loves the YES Network on Monday. Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay was sitting subsequent to Boone when he cracked the joke.
In all seriousness, Boone stated that he often watches the postgame interviews, as he likes to see how gamers reply questions within the second.
On Sunday, Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge and Clay Holmes — whose meltdown handed Miami an 8-7 win — all used the phrase “flush” when describing how the Yankees wanted to maneuver on from yet one more Worst Loss of the Year contender. On Monday, Boone added that the staff simply must “Keep going. It’s what we do. I know that’s hard for people to understand.”
“They have a hard time answering it because that’s what you do,” the skipper continued. “It’s what being a major league athlete is. It’s obviously not gone how we want it to. It’s harder when it’s not going great. But you keep going and you keep working. And that’s what I know this group will continue to do, and hope we can catch fire at some point to make it interesting.”
While Boone remains to be holding out hope for a scorching streak, the Yankees awakened 5 video games out of a wild card spot with 44 video games to go on Monday. On Sunday, he acknowledged that point isn’t on the Yankees’ facet, and that was earlier than starting a three-game sequence with the Braves, the very best staff in baseball.
With a 60-58, last-place document, the Yankees have hardly ever seemed like a playoff staff this season.
“It’s not fun when you’re a couple games over .500,” Boone stated. “It’s been a slog. It’s been a grind. It’s not been how we drew it up. So there’s always, on a given day, frustration in that when you get home. It’s a lot funner when you’re shaking hands every day and winning.”
While issues haven’t gone the Yankees’ means this season, Boone stated that gamers haven’t wavered of their mindsets or their preparation. He added that it’s crucial that they keep constant in that regard, it doesn’t matter what the standings say.
“I want our guys to be — as a team and as individuals — that no matter what’s going on in your life, in your season, we come grind it out every day,” Boone stated. “We come compete every day. We come ready to go every day. So that’s what I try and pay attention to and make sure we’re all in that place, especially when it’s not going great.”
THE BEST DON’T REST
The Braves had performed 117 video games coming into Monday’s series-opener. Atlanta stars Ronald Acuña Jr., Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley and Matt Olson had performed in each single certainly one of them.
Boone, whose Yankees go to nice lengths to relaxation gamers, referred to as that stat “pretty amazing,” however he added that every one of these gamers are of their 20s, “so it’s feasible.”
Acuña Jr. is 25, whereas Albies and Riley are 26. Olson, on tempo to hit 60 house runs, is 29.
While the opposite three had been in Monday’s lineup, Albies wasn’t, as he’s coping with hamstring discomfort.
SEVERINO STARTING
Asked if Luis Severino is unquestionably beginning on Tuesday, Boone stated, “Luis is starting tomorrow.”
Severino has had an abysmal 12 months, recording an 8.06 ERA over 63.2 innings. The Yankees used an opener for him his final outing on Aug. 9, however that didn’t assist. Severino gave up 4 earned runs over two innings in opposition to the White Sox that day.
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