Yankees execute perfect and aggressive ABS…
SEATTLE — Aaron Boone needed the Yankees to be aggressive in utilizing the automated ball-strike system.
A 5-for-5 night time of challenges Monday — including two in one at-bat and the other three by three consecutive batters in one inning — was proper in line with those needs, though it didn’t in the end make a distinction in a 2-1 loss to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park.
On a night time when they struggled offensively, the Yankees at least created some better alternatives for themselves by getting called strikes turned into balls, which turned into some barking with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook along the best way.
“Really good job by the guys,” Boone said. “When you have that kind of success rate, it’s not going to be like that every night, but I thought every one was obviously warranted and a couple in some key spots to give us a chance to build an inning. We just weren’t able to build much offensively tonight.”
Estabrook heard it from Boone and the Yankees dugout in the fourth inning, when Ben Rice, Giancarlo Stanton and Jazz Chisholm Jr. each efficiently challenged pitches below the zone in consecutive at-bats.
Mike Estabrook (83) reacts as New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. challenges a call during the fourth inning of a baseball recreation against the Seattle Mariners, Monday, March 30, 2026, in Seattle. AP
“You also get a little frustrated over there, like, those are razor-thin pitches sometimes, you don’t want to always have to be challenging,” Boone said. “But good on the guys for hammering the strike zone right now.”
An inning earlier, José Caballero efficiently challenged two pitches in the same at-bat. He turned a 1-1 rely into a 2-0 rely and then a strikeout into a stroll.
The Yankees are 10-for-11 in ABS challenges through 4 video games.
The Yankees are now 5/5 on challenges against Mike Estabrook.Estabrook received mad because Aaron Boone began chirping him to lock in 😭Ridiculous Estabrook is pissed off, get the calls proper… pic.twitter.com/5ARiCznrfX— js9innings (@js9inningsmedia) March 31, 2026
For the first time since their down-to-the-wire race for the American League MVP last season, Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh squared off Monday night time.
Raleigh was not in the Mariners beginning lineup, coming into the day 2-for-15 with 10 strikeouts, but pinch hit in the seventh inning and later delivered the game-winning hit with a walk-off single. The catcher was off to a slow start after crushing 60 home runs last season and almost swiping the MVP from Judge, who acquired 17 first-place votes to Raleigh’s 13.
“I figured it would be pretty close,” Boone said before Monday’s recreation. “I kind of believed Judgey would carry the day. I think [the voters] got it right. But there’s no denying the all-around season that Cal had. It was deservingly a very tight race.”
Aaron Judge hits a single against the Seattle Mariners during the eighth inning of a baseball recreation, Monday, March 30, 2026. AP
Carlos Rodón (elbow surgical procedure) threw 50 pitches in live batting apply Sunday in Tampa, persevering with his buildup toward rejoining the Yankees in April. It is feasible his next outing might come on the start of a rehab task this weekend.
Gerrit Cole, meanwhile, is predicted to throw one inning of live batting apply in a few days as he goes through a scheduled deload before building up a closing time.
As for Anthony Volpe, the shortstop stays on observe to start dealing with live pitching Wednesday in Tampa. He has been hitting off the Trajekt pitching machine over the past few days.
Carlos Lagrange made his Triple-A debut Sunday, tossing 4 innings of one-run ball with no walks and three strikeouts. The 22-year-old threw 68 pitches in frigid Buffalo, but still introduced the heat with his fastball, averaging 97.9 mph and topping out at 101.3.
The relaxation of the Yankees minor league rosters have been announced Monday forward of those associates starting the season Friday. Among the notable assignments: SS George Lombard Jr., RHP Ben Hess and LHP Kyle Carr at Double-A Somerset; LHP Pico Kohn, INF Kaeden Kent and INF Core Jackson at High-A Hudson Valley; and LHP Henry Lalane, LHP Allen Facundo and OF Brando Mayea at Single-A Tampa.
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