Didi Gregorius: It’s not just that, entering Friday, Gregorius had hit .278 with three homers and a .836 OPS since the All-Star break. It’s that he’s done it with hardly getting a breather. Gregorius played 17 straight games at the game’s second most grueling position since the break before Boone gave him an off day Wednesday in Chicago.
Too much Shane Robinson: The Yankees didn’t add a bat at the deadline and they traded away Billy McKinney and Tyler Austin — two players who could have filled in as Giancarlo Stanton nurses his left hamstring strain at designated hitter.