BALTIMORE — Buck Showalter compliments opposing managers about as often as his 2018 Orioles win games. Therefore, it’s possible that Aaron Boone just received the highest praise yet of his young managerial career.
“Look at the [American] League leaders in games pitched, and you won’t see any Yankees,” Baltimore’s skipper, who viewed Boone’s predecessor Joe Girardi as a blood rival, said on Friday. “That’s the sign of a well-managed bullpen.”
The Yankees defeated the terrible O’s again on Saturday, 8-5, after a rain delay and through some rain, with Masahiro Tanaka lasting a modest 5 ¹/u2083 innings and giving up four runs, including three solo homers, thereby requiring Boone to do some managing.