ATLANTA – Here was a Yankee exercise in how not to resume MLB’s so-called second half.
Right out of the All-Star break, the Yankees – a bit handcuffed due to rotation injuries – still chose to go with a bullpen game Friday, a concept that instantly backfired.
Throw in an ugly baserunning mistake by Jorbit Vivas, taking a key early at-bat away from Aaron Judge, and you quickly have the makings of a forgettable night at Truist Park.
A few hours after manager Aaron Boone spoke of “the opportunity’’ to “play our best baseball…come together as a team some more’’ and that “it all starts now,’’ the underachieving Atlanta Braves ran off with a 7-3 victory.