Boone hopes to have “more class” than Dodgers if ws
Aaron Boone reacted to criticism from Chris Taylor and Joe Kelly in which they even described Yankees as a m —
Tampa, Fla. – The New York Yankees manager, Aaron Boonehe said on Tuesday that he does not like to hear the criticisms that Los Angeles Dodgers players made against their team after they beat it in the World Series last year and expects to “drive things with a little more class” if New York can Win your first championship since 2009.
Dodgers Chris Taylor and former reliever Joe Kelly criticized the Yankees, whose carelessness in that fifth inning of game 5 finally led Dodgers to win the World Series. Kelly said his bad defensive and his base run were “well known” in his podcast and Taylor said the Yankees “are a m —” in the podcast of his teammate Mookie Betts.
“The reality is that we did not play the best possible in the series and they won, so they had the right to say what they wanted,” said Boone. “With luck, next year we will be in that position and we will handle things with a little more class. But the reality is that it is a great team, it is a great organization with many excellent people that I know and respect too. So some some Few people who express themselves openly is not necessarily the way I would like to interpret it. “
Boone pointed out stars players from the Dodgers (Betts, Shhehei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Clayton Kershaw) did not publicly criticize the Yankees and that “sometimes you come from winning the world championship and some boys are more likely to talk without stopping and being a little more colorful than others, and that is their right.
The Yankees launchers and receptors appeared on Tuesday to start the season after their first appearance in the World Series, since they beat Philadelphia in 2009. After losing the star gardener Juan Soto in the free agency against the New York Mets , the Yankees guaranteed the third most money to free agents this winter, $ 238.4 million, adding the left -handed Max Fried and the first base Paul Goldschmidt. They also negotiated with the closer Devin Williams and the central gardener Cody Bellinger.
“You can’t escape the fact of losing a player like Juan Soto,” said Boone. “We all saw how important it was for our club last year and we did a lot to try to keep it here. I think everyone understands how much we wanted it back. That said, there are many ways to build a great team, and I think the movements that We have done this low season give us that opportunity. “
The key, said Boone, is not to lose the hunger he saw earlier last season.
“You can have a great situation, a great culture, a great closeness with your team, a great professionalism with your team,” said Boone. “I think that sometimes the factors that separate a team that is good to be excellent, to a team that is excellent to be champion is that hunger that is not something that is taken for granted even with the best people and the best teams I have no doubts. In the camp, but we got to work on that.
Among other topics addressed by Boone:
“There have been some conversations,” said Boone, about a contract extension for the manager in his eighth year. New York exercised an option for 2025 on Boone, who has a 603-429 mark and has taken New York to the postseason in six of its seven years.
The right reliever Jake Cousins, who during the last two months of last season was among the best reliefs of the Yankees, is out of activity due to a relaxation in the forearm. Hope, said Boone, is that he begins to launch again next week, although his absence “could extend to Opening Day.”
The main prospect Jasson Dominguez is the number one candidate to take care of the left garden, with Bellinger in the central and Aaron Judge passing from the central to the right. Dominguez lost much of last season recovering from Tommy John surgery and had problems in 67 appearances to the plate. “I would love him to get it,” said Boone, and expects “to do it.”
The third base of the Yankees is totally vacant now that spring training, Boone said. With the third base of last year, Jazz Chisholm, going to the second base, the Yankees will try the veteran DJ Lemahieu and the Oswaldo Cabrera Utility in the third base. Alex Bregman is not expected to be persecuted and have not yet been aggressive in the search for the third base of St. Louis Cardinals Nolan Arenado, who is available through an exchange.
Boone said he spoke with the right pitcher Marcus Stroman, whom the Yankees tried to redeem all winter after Fried’s hiring took him out of New York’s rotation. “Maybe it’s a slightly uncomfortable situation with all the noise that has been this winter,” said Boone, “but I feel comfortable with his concentration and physical preparation.”
