What Yankees third base coach Luis Rojas was thinking on costly Giancarlo Stanton send

Luis Rojas said he revisited his nonstop of Giancarlo Stanton pinch 2 outs successful nan bottommost of nan 4th of Monday’s nonaccomplishment to nan Dodgers successful Game 3 of nan World Series during nan crippled and had nary regrets erstwhile asked astir it Tuesday.

Rojas said he based the nonstop of nan slow-footed Stanton connected nan truth that Anthony Volpe’s azygous to near forced Dodgers near fielder Teoscar Hernandez to his right.

Giancarlo Stanton gets thrown astatine location successful Game 3 of nan World Series connected Oct. 28, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

“If nan shot was lined correct astatine someone, I wasn’t going to nonstop him,” Rojas said earlier Game 4 connected Tuesday astatine nan Stadium. “With 2 outs, I wasn’t counting connected a bad throw, I thought he could hit it based connected really nan play developed.”

Rojas added that nan deficiency of discourtesy by nan Yankees did not facet successful his decision, moreover pinch Stanton’s double earlier successful nan inning being nan first deed allowed by Walker Buehler.

Anthony Rizzo was connected deck.

Luis Rojas (left) defended his determination to nonstop Stanton. AP

“I cognize what nan people was and everything else, but you can’t deliberation astir what other is going connected aliases whether you deliberation nan adjacent feline is going to get a hit,” Rojas said. “I make my determination based connected nan play successful beforehand of me.”

The Yankees ended up not scoring until Alex Verdugo’s two-run homer successful nan bottommost of nan ninth.