Giancarlo Stanton didn’t run hard while trying to score Saturday and was tagged out at the plate.
While he was emphatically waved home by third base coach Luis Rojas, Stanton did not even attempt to slide and score a run in the midst of a tie game.
When asked postgame about the play, which garnered a lot of negative reactions from fans, Boone acknowledged that the DH and right fielder was probably prioritizing his health.Robert Sabo for NY Post“I think it’s been years now where he’s just making sure that he doesn’t want to – from a lower-body standpoint – put himself in any jeopardy,” he said.Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Stanton missed 43 games earlier this season with a hamstring strain he sustained in April while running the bases, and the slugger has been dealing with lower-body injuries for much of his career. The Yankees opted to pinch run for Stanton later Saturday night after he hit a single, though it was unclear if it was just an everyday in-game move or in response to his concerning base running.“He tries to get into that gate to where he’s not putting himself in a weird spot where he’s having to decelerate or move,” Boone said of Stanton, who slashed .321/.387/.786 in his last eight games entering Sunday’s series finale. “He tries to get in that comfortable position.
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