NEW YORK — On Thursday evening, Yankees manager Aaron Boone made his first public comments since his team was embarrassed by the Houston Astros and swept out of the postseason.
Appearing on Yankee broadcaster Michael Kay’s radio show, Boone was asked a wide range of questions. He will also speak to a much bigger group of reporters on Friday, along with general manager Brian Cashman, but his warmup statements about his team’s failure to hit playoff pitching were an interesting way to open the offseason.
“I think that’s frankly been a little bit overblown,” Boone said of the Bombers’ bats going limp. “If you go back to some of the series we’ve had, we have swung the bats, especially against some really good pitching opponents.”
