Aaron Boone will arrive late for the Yankees’ series opener against the Orioles
Gerrit Cole of the Yankees during live batting practice at Yankee Stadium
Yankees starter Gerrit Cole during live batting practice at the stadium.
NEW YORK – Yankees manager Aaron Boone will arrive late for the start of a big series against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
Boone attends his son Brandon’s high school graduation and temporarily leaves the coaching reins to coach Brad Ausmus.
Ausmus, a former big league catcher, coached the Detroit Tigers from 2014 to 2017 and the Los Angeles Angels in 2019.
Boone told Ausmus he expected to return “sometime later” Tuesday night, but did not have a specific time in mind.
“He won’t be back for the start of the game,” Ausmus said of Boone. “Depending on traffic in New York City, I expect him to arrive sometime between the middle and end of the game.”
“He wants to watch the graduation ceremony, see his son after the graduation ceremony, take some photos and then head back to the stadium. But he said he will definitely come back.”
That left Ausmus to write Tuesday night’s lineup, which included the MLB debut of first baseman/catcher Ben Rice, also a Dartmouth College student.
Rice, a promising left-handed prospect, turned 25 and replaces veteran first baseman Anthony Rizzo, who was placed on the injured list on Tuesday with a fracture of his right forearm. The Yankees said he faces an eight-week recovery period.
Before the Yankees (50-24), who hold a 1.5-game lead in the AL East, left Boston to begin this three-game series against the second-place Orioles (47-24), Boone talked about how complete the Orioles are as a club.
“They’ve had some injuries in their rotation, but their depth has served them well,” Boone said. “They continue to have good starting pitchers, they’ve been able to close games and they have a versatile and dynamic offense.”
“They are a complete team, no doubt about it.”
In their first meeting this season, the Orioles won three of four games against the Yankees at Camden Yards from April 29 to May 2.
“Both teams have clearly proven themselves to be really impressive teams,” Boone said. “At the same time, it’s a marathon, that cliche really holds true, and we still have a long way to go.”
“All I can say is that both teams are really good, really dangerous and have a lot of potential.”
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