As teams and players across the league have gone on strike to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Yankees, as an organization, have remained silent.
The team played game two of yesterday’s doubleheader against the Braves, as games across the country were cancelled. “I just got the news walking in,” manager Aaron Boone told Brendan Kuty after the game. “We’ve just got … We’ve got to do better. And, you know, I certainly understand the pain that exists out there.”
With no official statement of support from the team, prospect Chris Gittens took to Twitter to express his frustration.