Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The New York Yankees’ American League Division Series roster will be without Aroldis Chapman, manager Aaron Boone said Sunday.
Boone said Chapman skipped a pre-series workout and was sent back home to Miami for the upcoming ALDS series against the Cleveland Guardians.
Boone said Chapman didn’t have an "acceptable excuse" for not being at the workouts, according to MLB.com. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Aroldis Chapman of the New York Yankees is taken out of the game by manager Aaron Boone during the Guardians game at Progressive Field on July 2, 2022, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images) "He effectively took himself out of at least this round of consideration," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters. "Obviously as a team we have everybody who’s part of our network here working out starting Friday and he made a decision not to show.
I fined him. Obviously, I had a conversation with him. I fined him for not being here for a mandatory workout. "Aaron Boone, post-workout, had a conversation with him.