Aaron Boone ‘comfortable’ if Yankees stay ‘creative’ with closer role in playoffs
NY Post
When the Yankees start the playoffs next month, they might lack a true closer — and Aaron Boone, at least for now, sounds OK with that.
Since Clay Holmes’ 11th blown save prompted Boone to get “creative” with his end-of-game pitching plans last week, Luke Weaver picked up his first save. Holmes tossed an eighth inning.
With 17 games remaining, nobody has emerged with the job, and Boone is “comfortable” if the Yankees’ late-season pivot extends into the postseason.
“If we end up settling on a guy that ends up closing out games all the time to most of the time, that’s fine, too,” Boone said before the Yankees lost 5-0 to the Royals on Tuesday in The Bronx. “I’m gonna let that evolve.”
If that unfolds, it would mark a stark contrast from the Yankees teams that relied on Mariano Rivera to win World Series titles, that even stuck with the shakiness of Aroldis Chapman in recent Octobers.
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