by Yankees manager Aaron Boone talked about the struggling Didi Gregorius and the surging Gleyber Torres before Saturday’s game against the Athletics at Yankee Stadium.
NEW YORK — Not yet.
Before Saturday’s game against the A’s at Yankee Stadium, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he has no plans to drop the struggling Didi Gregorius in the lineup or move the red-hot rookie Gleyber Torres up, though that could change.
“I’m always kicking stuff around,” he said.
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Gregorius is hitless in his last 28 at-bats.
He was hitting .333 with 10 home runs on May 3. Since then, he’s seen his batting average drop to .272. Over that span, his OPS has also fallen from 1.130 to .941.
Gregorius was named the American League Player of the Month in April.
“We’ve done OK even with him going through this little funk this last week,” Boone said. “I think even the last couple of days, he smoked two balls yesterday — one off the pitcher, one to straightaway center. I thought he had a couple good at-bats the day before where he hit the ball the other way pretty well. Matter of time for me with Didi but right now no.”
As for Torres, he’s hitting .344 with three homers — including a solo shot in Friday’s 10-5 loss to the Athletics. HE’s also got 12 RBI in 19 games started at second base.
Torres has been hitting ninth.
Boone said he considered moving Torres up in the lineup against Red Sox lefty Eduardo Rodriguez on Thursday but he didn’t do it.
Boone said he sees Torres, the team’s top prospect, as a second leadoff man down there.
“There’s always that chance I could move him up but right now I like him so much in that nine hole because he becomes like another leadoff hitter down there and gives us such a presence at the bottom of the order,” Boone said.
“Especially when you have Aaron (Judge) hitting second. It kind of allows for traffic because how much he’s been getting on base and as many good at-bats he gives us at the bottom. So, right now, the way our lineup sets up, no immediate plans to move him up, but I’m always kicking around stuff.”
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