Aaron Boone's watches tell time -- and who's pitching for the Yankees each day

LOS ANGELES -- Aaron Boone carries his rotation connected his wrist.

The New York Yankees head wears a bluish watch set erstwhile Gerrit Cole takes nan mound, which Boone calls his nicest. He switches to yellowish for Carlos Rodón, Army greenish for Clarke Schmidt and teal for Luis Gil.

“I person a awesome woody pinch Oris, truthful I person a batch of watches and past I benignant of commencement establishing them each twelvemonth arsenic nan twelvemonth unfolds,” Boone said. “Sometimes I’ll move pinch a starter. If they get a small off-kilt, I’ll alteration up things.”

Rodón was alert of nan gyrating schedule. The different Yankees starters were not.

“It’s conscionable his thing,” he said. “Baseball players are quirky. He was one, you know.”

Cole noticed nan switches, but it hadn’t clicked that bluish was tied to him.

“But he has approached maine successful nan past and been like: `This one’s hot,’” nan ace said.

Schmidt speculated connected really his colour was chosen.

"I thought it was conscionable based disconnected nan day. I ne'er knew it was matched for me, but now I’m going to commencement paying attention,” he said. “Maybe it matches our characteristic aliases something.”

A 3rd procreation large leaguer, nan 51-year-old head is simply a boy of Bob Boone and grandson of Ray Boone. Aaron Boone played successful nan awesome leagues from 1997-2009, becoming an All-Star successful 2003. Later that year, his 11th-inning homer disconnected Boston’s Tim Wakefield successful Game 7 won nan AL Championship Series for nan Yankees.

Boone estimates he rotates 15-20 watches.

“When I was successful nan large leagues I ended up buying a bully watch and I was mildly into them a little,” he said, “but now I’ve gotten really into them pinch with my business pinch Oris."

Los Angeles Dodgers head Dave Roberts is simply a watch guy, too, but he goes precocious extremity for his timepieces.

“I for illustration nan Panerai, nan Audemars Piguet and I for illustration this IWC Top Gun, too,” he said connected nan eve of nan World Series opener. “I don’t move each day. I’m going to thrust this 1 retired to nan end. It’s been lucky.”

Los Angeles and New York had nan champion records successful their leagues. Cole said Boone and Roberts are up of nan section successful nan chronograph competition.

“This has sewage to beryllium nan apical 2 head watch games,” he insisted.

Roberts has nary uncertainty who’s No. 1.

"My watches are amended than Boonie’s watches,” he said pinch a smile.

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