MIAMI — Slacks and button down shirts heavily occupied the Yankees’ clubhouse Saturday afternoon here at Marlins Park. You want to look your best when you arrive in New York to start your season, after all.
Aroldis Chapman? Sporting designer jeans and white high tops, he flung a backpack over his left shoulder, did a round of goodbyes and walked out alone.
Now this odd saga enters its next phase. Chapman, who surely wouldn’t be a Yankee if not for an ugly October incident involving his girlfriend, will begin his 30-game suspension — for that very incident — on Monday, as his Yankees teammates open their 2016 campaign against the Astros.