Yankees manager Aaron Boone: Aroldis Chapman s role as closer will be evaluated By Erin Walsh | Last updated 7/4/21 The New York Yankees entered the seventh inning of Sunday s opening game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets with a 5-4 lead. Then they allowed six runs, ultimately falling to the Mets 10-5. Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman gave up a game-tying home run to Pete Alonso in the top of the seventh. He allowed three runs in total before exiting.
PETE ALONSO HITS IT TO THE BULLPEN AND WE RE TIED AGAIN!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/McE4Vff6rD SNY (@SNYtv) July 4, 2021
According to Seth Rothman of YES Network, Chapman owns a 22.24 ERA over his last nine appearances, allowing 14 runs in 5.2 innings. He s also walked nine batters, who are hitting .483 against him.
The Yankees’ pitching was a bright spot on opening weekend
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Baseball fans cherish opening weekend, but the Yankees did their best to disappoint their audience against the Blue Jays, dropping two out of three in uninspiring fashion. The games were long, devoid of action, and elicited panic from some of the fanbase. Yankees baseball is back, indeed.
However, a couple of things remain true when evaluating opening weekend. First, a three-game sample size is not enough to glean any meaningful insight on how the Yankees will look in 2021. Had this series happened in the middle of July, it likely would have just been viewed as an “off” series where the club just didn’t bring it. The Yankees’ performance in their first three games has no connection to how they’ll perform down the stretch, and certainly not how they’ll look in October, when the games really matter.