Things turned on a dime for Aaron Boone’s Yankees last week. Funny what a winning streak can do to wipe away bad memories. That meltdown against Toronto on Monday? Followed by a GM-led team meeting before yet another loss? Long forgotten after the Yankees went on a five game winning streak to close the week. Let’s take a look at latest with the Yankees’ now happier manager:
- Brian Cashman met with the team at the beginning of the week. Boone thought Cashman had a great message and that the “proof is in the pudding”.
- How did the skipper handle the losing skid that continued into the start of the week?
- “Look, you’re doing things all the time behind the scenes from a coaching standpoint, from a morale standpoint, but also trying to remain (calm), especially when you have a belief in the guys in the room and a belief in the club and what we’re doing,” Boone said. “Whether you’re going through a tough time personally, whether you’re going through a tough time as a club, whether you’re on a hot streak, I would hope you’d walk into our room and there’s not a lot of variance by how the guys approach the day, the energy we bring to the field each and every day.
- Boone acknowledged and provided an addendum to Luke Voit’s comments about some players
- The latest in load management: Boone gave Gleyber Torres a rest yesterday. That said, Boone also inserted him into the game in the nick of time. Torres delivered the game-winning two-run double yesterday.
- Boone’s description of the Yankees’ clubhouse after breaking its 5 game losing skid: a discotheque.
- Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton will return from the injured list soon. Does that leave Clint Frazier in a precarious situation? Nope, the manager says he’s earned a continued starting role.
- A good manager protects his players. That’s why Boone played it close to the vest with regard to Aroldis Chapman’s…situation…on Saturday.
Please take a moment to vote on the three poll questions below. You can see the results through last week by scrolling down further.
Miles Davis
Is it really accurate to say Boone protected Chapman? It’s not hard to imagine Chappy being “pissed” at Boone for making his “nature calls” comment. People are talking about him soiling himself / writing about it / laughing about it. Can’t feel good. What could Boone have said? How about ______ (fill in the blank). Anything but the truth.
Derek
I guess the joke didn’t land.
dasit
after comparing the clubhouse to a discotheque, boone announced that the probable starters for the blue jays series are bianca jagger, andy warhol, and halston
Tom Stanley
Negative – Yoko Ono, the corpse of George Carlin, and Bono.