With his Yankees facing a 2-0 deficit in the ALDS and on the brink of elimination , Aaron Boone left the door open to changing his lineup for Game 3 when he spoke to reporters during Monday’s off day.
On Tuesday, however, he rolled out the same unit that totaled eight runs in the first two games of the series, the majority of which came in garbage time against the lower-leverage arms in the Blue Jays’ bullpen. That lineup looked as such:
CF Trent Grisham (LHH)
RF Aaron Judge
LF Cody Bellinger (LHH)
1B Ben Rice (LHH)
DH Giancarlo Stanton
2B Jazz Chisholm Jr. (LHH)
3B Ryan McMahon (LHH)
SS Anthony Volpe
C Austin Wells (LHH)
“I just believe in that group,” Boone said pregame with the Yankees set to face Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber.
Boone said that he considers Bieber t