{"id":201583,"date":"2026-04-18T05:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T05:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201583\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T05:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T05:30:08","slug":"camilo-dovals-latest-yankees-clunker-doesnt-concern-aaron-boone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201583\/","title":{"rendered":"Camilo Doval’s latest Yankees clunker doesn’t concern Aaron Boone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brent Headrick was solid in getting out of a jam he inherited in the seventh and David Bednar picked up his sixth save of the season in a 4-2 win over Kansas City<\/a> on Friday in The Bronx.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But even on a night when the bullpen was mostly good, Camilo Doval nearly spoiled it for the Yankees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The right-hander gave up a game-tying homer to Kansas City\u2019s Vinnie Pasquantino, the latest chapter in another poor stretch from Doval \u2014 who also gave up a home run to Mike Trout in a loss to the Angels in his previous outing Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s allowed seven runs in six innings over his last seven appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aaron Boone said Doval has been \u201creally good, sharp [and] the strike-throwing is there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the manager acknowledged he\u2019s made mistakes to Trout and then to Pasquantino, who got Doval with two out and no one on in a one-run game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe missed in the slug zone, but the three outs around that were really good,\u201d Boone said. \u201cI know he\u2019s gotten hurt with a couple of long balls. He\u2019s close to being dialed in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Boone and the Yankees have little choice but to keep going to Doval, who was expected to be the setup man.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Yankees pitcher Camilo Doval (75) reacts as Kansas City Royals\u2019 Vinnie Pasquantino runs the bases after hitting a home run during the eighth inning on April 17, 2026, in New York. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s gonna be in the fire,\u201d Boone said. \u201cThe good thing is he\u2019s got all the equipment to get it done. If he can just get the last layer of consistency, the stuff and way of throwing is there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Anthony Volpe continued his rehab assignment<\/a> with Double-A Somerset on Friday, Jos\u00e9 Caballero was at shortstop again in The Bronx.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The results continue to be mixed, as Caballero has struggled at times in the field and was woeful at the plate until a recent uptick.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When the Yankees acquired Caballero last year from Tampa Bay, he was expected to be a utility player with great speed and defensive versatility \u2014 and not the everyday shortstop. He appeared in games at short, second and third last year, as well as left and right field.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Caballero said he\u2019s fine returning to that role whenever Volpe gets back to the majors following offseason surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Yankees shortstop Jos\u00e9 Caballero strikes out swinging during the second inning. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish him the best,\u201d Caballero said prior to Friday\u2019s game. \u201cI hope he\u2019s healthy as soon as he can be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

I try to focus on myself and the team and help as much as I can.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Boone said he spoke to league officials Friday and acknowledged the balk called during Thursday\u2019s loss<\/a> to the Angels was the right one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Boone wanted clarity on the play where first base umpire Ryan Additon called left-hander Ryan Yarbrough for a balk when he attempted a pickoff at first with runners on first and second.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the play, first baseman Ben Rice was away from the bag and the play involved him going over to the base as Yarbrough threw to the bag \u2014 which was more of a challenge with Rice being \u201ca moving target.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Boone said he was told the issue was that Yarbrough\u2019s throw didn\u2019t go directly to first base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe reality is you\u2019ve got to get it to the base when it\u2019s unoccupied,\u201d Boone said. \u201cIt definitely didn\u2019t get to the base. My contention was intent and vicinity should have mattered. We were trying to throw to first base. It was a little behind and [Rice] had to adjust. So I understand the call. I certainly accept that. We\u2019ve got to do a better job on a play like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added that despite their problem with the play, the Yankees won\u2019t hesitate to try it again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Yankees entered Friday tied for 11th in their success rate for challenging pitches at the plate, according to Statcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cody Bellinger challenged successfully Friday, but they lost both challenges in Thursday\u2019s loss and Boone wasn\u2019t thrilled with either attempt, as Trent Grisham and Jazz Chisholm Jr. missed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought our two challenges [Thursday] weren\u2019t great,\u2019\u2019 Boone said before Friday\u2019s game.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But he doesn\u2019t want them to stop challenging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to learn from all of them,\u2019\u2019 Boone said of the ABS system.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brent Headrick was solid in getting out of a jam he inherited in the seventh and David Bednar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[35539,30930,20,9,11,10,321,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-201583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-aaron-boone","9":"tag-kansas-city-royals","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-new-york-yankees","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}