The Yankees never ended up filing an official protest with MLB over Tuesday's season-opening loss to Houston, but Joe Girardi indicated they will take the advice of umpiring crew chief Dana DeMuth and work on having their pitchers throw the ball into the baserunner if such situations arise again.
The Yanks had played the remainder of Tuesday's 5-3 loss under protest after Dellin Betances committed a throwing error in the eighth inning. Betances fielded a swinging bunt and attempted to lob the ball to first base over batter Carlos Correa, but the throw sailed past Mark Teixeira. Girardi had argued Correa was inside the base line and should have been ruled out for interference.