With nan play connected nan line, nan Yankees person so made immoderate lineup changes.
But they mightiness not beryllium nan ones fans wanted aliases expected.
Aaron Boone has slotted Jazz Chisholm arsenic nan cleanup hitter, moving Giancarlo Stanton — the team’s hottest hitter — down to nan 5th spot for Game 4 of nan World Series connected Tuesday night.
Austin Wells has besides been reinserted arsenic nan starting catcher, hitting eighth successful nan order.
Aaron Judge, whose struggles person been well-publicized each postseason, is still firmly successful nan 3rd spot.
The Dodgers, up 3-0 successful nan series, are throwing a “Johnny Wholestaff” crippled against nan Yankees, utilizing righty reliever Ben Casparius arsenic their opener.
“Really conscionable trying to beryllium a small much balanced pinch them doing a bullpen day,” Yankees head Aaron Boone said of nan lineup moves. “And this being much successful statement pinch what I’ve done each year, for illustration opportunity we’re facing a right-handed pitcher, this is kinda nan rollout.”
In nan end, Boone said, it was astir trying to expose matchups against nan Dodgers.
Boone besides said he contemplated moving Judge up to nan leadoff spot, but was hesitant to do truthful pinch Gleyber Torres thriving atop nan lineup.