An eventful street journey led to frustration for José Caballero, who was ejected from Wednesday’s win in Tampa for arguing.
The Yankees speedster was shocked when second base umpire Roberto Ortiz referred to as him out on a Tenth-inning stolen base try and that an official evaluation upheld the ruling.
Caballero beat the throw to second base, and whereas a video replay confirmed his shin briefly got here off the bag, it was unclear if Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe was nonetheless making use of a tag.
Ortiz was standing behind Lowe because the bang-bang play unfolded.
“I wasn’t happy about the call,” Caballero mentioned afterward. “I was like, ‘There’s no way you could see that I came off the bag in motion. How can you see that in real time?’ I was just frustrated, because it’s just like a tenth of a second that I came off the bag.”
Caballero continued, “You can see it on camera. There’s no way you can see it in the play. That’s all I said. Obviously, I said it multiple times and he didn’t like it.”
Earlier within the inning, Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks threw over to first base 3 times whereas Caballero was there, however the right-hander was not referred to as for a balk after the umpires deemed he had not returned to the pitching rubber earlier than his third throw.
Caballero’s ejection was unlucky for the Yankees, because it required Giancarlo Stanton to exchange Caballero in proper area. Stanton had entered the sport earlier within the inning as a pinch-hitter and delivered a go-ahead two-run dwelling run within the Yankees’ 6-4 win in 10 innings.
“Can’t happen,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “Cabby and I have already talked about it, and not to say a player can’t ever get kicked out of a game, but in that situation where we’re up runs and we got our defense out on the field, you’ve got to turn away and let me handle that.”
Primarily the Yankees’ designated hitter, Stanton resumed taking part in the outfield this month as a result of Aaron Choose is restricted to DH obligation as he recovers from a flexor pressure in his proper elbow.
Stanton, 35, didn’t play the sector throughout the Yankees’ three-game collection in St. Louis final weekend, with Boone saying the slugger wanted a little bit additional time to bounce again bodily, however he began in proper on Tuesday.
Caballero, in the meantime, has been a difference-maker for the Yankees since they acquired him from the Rays earlier than final month’s commerce deadline.
The 28-year-old utility man entered Thursday with an MLB-leading 40 stolen bases, together with six in 12 video games with the Yankees. He started the day hitting .348 with a 1.075 OPS with the Yankees.
Caballero’s velocity was a significant factor within the Yankees’ go-ahead ninth-inning rally in Sunday’s sweep-clinching win over the St. Louis Cardinals, and he hit two dwelling runs in Tuesday’s win in Tampa.
“I’m not happy that I got thrown out and that I had to come out of the game in extra innings,” Caballero mentioned. “I want to be in the game. I want to help the team win. Obviously, next time I’m going to try my best to not do what I did.”
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