“Yankees Manager Aaron Boone’s Absence Shifts Focus to Bench Coach Brad Ausmus for Crucial Orioles Series”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone will arrive late Tuesday night to start a big series against the Baltimore Orioles.
Boone is participating in his son Brandon’s high school graduation ceremony, temporarily handing over managerial duties to bench coach Brad Ausmus. A former Major League catcher, Ausmus managed the Detroit Tigers from 2014 to 2017 and the Los Angeles Angels in 2019.
Boone told Ausmus that he expects to return “some time after Tuesday evening,” but Boone didn’t have a specific plan. Ausmus said of Boone, “He won’t be back at the start of the game,” “Based on traffic in New York City, from the middle to the end of the game, his hope is at some point. He wants to see graduation, see his son after graduation, take some pictures, and then come back to the stadium. But he said he would definitely return.”
Boone arrived for the sixth inning of the Yankees’ 4-2 win, learning during a phone call with GM Brian Cashman that Aaron had injured his hand in a judge’s strike, providing game-to-game information while driving the stadium.
The judge was injured on the field and was excluded from the game, but X-rays and city scans were negative; the captain of the Yankees hopes to play on Wednesday, but the lineup card for Tuesday night was left to Ausmus, who included former Dartmouth College student Ben Rice in his MLB debut, 25-year-old Rice, a thrilling lefty-hitting prospect, was called to take the place of experienced first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who was placed on the injury list due to a fractured ankle in the right front.
Yankees said it was an eight-week recovery period. 1.5 game al East leads Yankees (50-24) came out from Boston and started a three-game series against the second-place Orioles (47-24) Before that, Boone said, as a club how full of Orioles. ” their Rotating a few got they served that done They ending game their having are and multidimensional and aggressive a have. have they team complete a is, this in doubt no. ”
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Boone said, “Both teams clearly themselves Durjay as established have.” “Together, it’s a marathon, it’s really real, and we still have to determine a long way.
“I can just say that both teams are really good, really dangerous, and they have a lot of potential.”
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