Aaron Boone remains confident Yankees can be MLB’s best

After the Yankees were swept away in Toronto, manager Aaron Boone took a moment to address the team.

His message, as Jazz Chisholm Jr. describes, was succinct.

“”[That we are] The best team in the league, “Chisholm told journalists, including MLB.com after the defeat of 8-5 Thursday against the Blue Jays.” We knew we were going to hit a slowdown. Just block the noise and go there when we go home to New York, and just do what we do. »»

Boone was questioned about this address before the Subway series on Friday afternoon at Citi Field, where the manager expressed his confidence in the ability of his team to be the best in baseball.

“I think that,” said Boone. “We are not that right now. We are not a full team, and we have a long way to go in this thing, but I have the impression that we have the creation of a special group. I feel that. For the most part, we played most of the year. ”

Thursday’s defeat crowned a four -game scan and abandoned the Yankees of the first place in the American League East for the first time since April 13.

They entered in the first Friday match against the dishes after losing 14 of their last 20 games, but Boone thinks that the sample is an aberrant value for a team that jumped at a start of 42-25.

“Certainly, in recent weeks have been a fight,” said Boone. “I would name two small sections of six days where it was really difficult for us, and that is one of them, but I have a ton of confidence in these guys, in our group, and we just have to fight through it.”

Yankees are not alone in summer fainting.

Even after winning Wednesday and Thursday against the Brewers Milwaukee, the dishes entered the series this weekend after losing 14 of their last 19 games.

The director of Boone and the Mets, Carlos Mendoza, who was one of the Big League coaches staff of the 2018-23 Yankees, both declared that they had spoken to each other during the respective slides of their team.

“With what we have here, it is difficult to take a deep look at what is happening [with the Yankees]”Said Mendoza before Friday’s match.” They are also dealing with injuries, with what I can say. It’s always a very good team.

The three -game set in Queens scored the second episode of the Subway series this year. In May, the Yankees won two of the three against the food in the Bronx.

With a rotation ravaged by injuries, the dishes had not even decided to start for the final of the Sunday afternoon series this Friday. The Yankees, meanwhile, were to deploy Carlos Rodón (9-5, 2.95 ERA) Saturday and Max Fried (10-2, 2,13 ERA).

But Boone did not take the dishes lightly.

“With the adversaries, you never know. It is room and time, who you face, who you have, so we have to start playing better as a whole club,” said Boone.

“I really like the way we started swinging bats lately. I have the impression that we have guys who are starting to ride him after having had a little lull there. I hope it will continue. “

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