If their Game 2 loss in Houston proved anything, it’s that the Yankees have completely embraced erasing traditional pitching roles.
From pulling James Paxton with one out in the third despite the left-hander having allowed just one run, to putting CC Sabathia into a tie game in the 10th inning and then J.A. Happ coming in later in the frame, Aaron Boone has shown a willingness to get creative during the ALCS — and that isn’t expected to change.
Happ said he’d be ready to pitch out of the pen again in Tuesday’s Game 3 in The Bronx, and Boone added during a press conference Monday that he expected the left-hander to be “a big part of Game 4.