On a night the buzz throughout the Yankees’ universe was about Aroldis Chapman finally joining the club after serving a suspension for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy, the biggest outs of the game were recorded by Phil Coke and Kirby Yates.
Adding Chapman to Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller likely gives the Yankees the best late-game pen in baseball and strengthens the Yankees strongest department.
Chapman surfaced to protect a four-run lead in the ninth and helped the Yankees top the defending — and slumping — World Series champion Royals, 6-3, in front of an announced gathering of 41,243 at Yankee Stadium.