Aaron Boone messaged Carlos Mendoza after Luis Severino’s ‘two good hitters’ Yankees jab
NY Post
MIAMI — Carlos Mendoza heard from his old boss following Luis Severino’s recent comments about the Yankees.
The Mets manager wasn’t about to divulge what Yankees manager Aaron Boone conveyed to him in a text message but seemed amused by the entire episode as his team beat the Marlins, 1-0, Saturday.
A day earlier, Severino said he responded to taunts by former Yankees teammates in a group chat by saying: “Right now you only have two good hitters,” referring to Aaron Judge and Juan Soto.
The Mets will play two games at Yankee Stadium beginning Tuesday and Mendoza is savvy enough to know Severino’s comments have become a storyline that may persist through the Subway Series.
“I know, obviously, the way it came out, but look: I know that lineup,” said Mendoza, a former Yankees coach. “I know those guys well and that is a deep lineup there.”
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