MINNEAPOLIS — The Yankees’ bullpen hardly looked unhittable in the ALDS, and Zack Britton being removed with a right ankle injury in the bottom of the eighth of Game 3 only added to the concern.
And in the clubhouse after Aroldis Chapman got the final five outs of the series-clinching, 5-1 win over the Twins, Chapman had his left hand heavily bandaged, but insisted he was fine.
“I was just celebrating and was everyone was jumping around,’’ Chapman said through an interpreter. “I got hit with a bottle, but it’s fine.”
Brian Cashman said he noticed Chapman’s hand when he fist-bumped the closer.