Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Thursday he heard “whispers” of an MLB probe into domestic violence allegations against pitcher Domingo Germán prior to his taking the mound Wednesday evening.
“I learned on the drive [to Yankee Stadium] that he was going on the administrative leave,” Boone told reporters after the team announced Germán’s shelving. “I heard some of the whispers and whatnot [prior] but this is a Major League Baseball investigation and issue. So we’re just trying to be as cooperative as we can while this goes on.