CLEVELAND — Back on April 2, when baseball’s new rules were still a daily topic of conversation, Aaron Boone was asked about the indirect impact the new 15-second time limit could have on teams’ abilities to challenge replays, an area of strength for the Yankees in recent years.
“That time is definitely going to have a little bit of an effect,” Boone said. He added that managers like himself need to be more “reactionary” now when it comes to replays.
But Terry Francona and the Guardians appeared to take their time challenging a first-inning play involving Yankees center fielder Aaron Hicks on Monday.