Almost three months later, Aaron Boone returned some mild hearth.
The Yankees supervisor didn’t name out Joe Kelly by title, however he did seem to ship a jab the reliever’s approach after Kelly was the loudest among the many Dodgers to needle the Yankees over their play within the World Sequence.
“They received, so that they had that proper,” Boone mentioned Tuesday on “BT and Sal” on WFAN. “A few individuals saying some issues, it’s like: Did you see what you probably did this 12 months? It wasn’t the Freddie Freemans and Shohei [Ohtanis] and Mookie [Bettses] popping off. It was some others.”
In late October and early November, Kelly taunted the Yankees for the protection and baserunning that permit them down within the five-game sequence.
On a podcast, Kelly mentioned the Yankees “can’t make a play” and the matchup “was a mismatch from the get-go.”
The veteran righty, who handled harm and ineffectiveness final season, was not on the Dodgers’ postseason roster.
The 36-year-old is a free agent.
“They received the World Sequence. We didn’t play our greatest and so they’re flying excessive proper now,” mentioned Boone, who acknowledged he didn’t admire the ribbing. “We’ll try to get again to that stage and hopefully punch by.”
Outfield prospect Everson Pereira is “again” after present process Tommy John surgical procedure in June, Boone mentioned.
The prospect, who debuted for 27 video games in 2023, posted an .859 OPS in 40 video games with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre final season earlier than the harm.
“I believe he can play into the combination for us,” Boone mentioned of Pereira.