Sixteen years later, of course, Boone and Ausmus are in the Yankees dugout watching Carrasco pitch every five days to try to help keep the injury-riddled Yankees rotation afloat.
The veteran infielder received an injection in his hip on Tuesday, manager Aaron Boone said, “kind of preemptively” to get ahead of something LeMahieu felt might be coming on and has dealt with in the past.
Can DJ LeMahieu partner with Oswaldo Cabrera to give the Yankees enough on both sides of the ball to avoid having to find a third baseman on the market?
BALTIMORE — It was only one outing, but Devin Williams’ first time on the mound not as Yankees closer — at least for now — was a step in the right direction.
That is the path that Will Warren took in the third inning Monday night, and it ended predictably, sinking his outing and the Yankees in a 4-3 loss to the scuffling Orioles at Camden Yards.