{"id":215289,"date":"2026-04-30T12:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215289\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:22:14","slug":"aaron-boone-details-difficult-decision-to-dfa-randal-grichuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215289\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Boone details ‘difficult decision’ to DFA Randal Grichuk"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 The decision to designate veteran outfielder Randal Grichuk<\/a> for assignment Wednesday came just as the 34-year-old was starting to heat up, batting 6-for-16 after starting the year 0-for-15.<\/p>\n

The Yankees had signed the right-handed hitter to a minor league deal in camp before he made the team to help them against lefties.<\/p>\n

\u201cDifficult decision, just because I feel like Randal\u2019s come in here and fit in really well,\u201d Aaron Boone said before the 3-0 loss to the Rangers<\/a>. \u201cI feel like, despite numbers-wise a slow start, he\u2019s shown us the at-bats we\u2019ve wanted to see from him when he\u2019s got his opportunities against left-handed pitching.<\/p>\n

\"NewYankees left fielder Randal Grichuk (34) hits a double to drive in a run against the Boston Red Sox. David Butler II-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBut just the fit right now, feel like with me not catching [Ben] Rice much, [Paul Goldschmidt] being backup first baseman, not having that position flexibility right now with the guy on the bench that Max [Schuemann] brings, think it just makes sense for our club right now to be a little bit better fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Randal, and I even told him [Tuesday] night, he can still do this. He can still play this game at a high level. It was hard though, because he fit in well with this group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anthony Volpe played in a 10th rehab game Wednesday at Double-A Somerset, going 2-for-4 while playing a full nine innings at shortstop for the second straight day.<\/p>\n

The Yankees have said they will reevaluate Volpe on Thursday, which is Day 17 of a maximum 20-day rehab clock, but Boone was cagey on whether the shortstop would be activated Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see,\u201d Boone said. \u201cWe got this game and he\u2019s playing in Somerset today. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerrit Cole made his third rehab start Wednesday afternoon, building up to 60 pitches (45 strikes) across 5 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings with Double-A Somerset. He gave up three runs on three hits and no walks while striking out three. Cole has only walked one batter across 14 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings on his rehab assignment so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to get six ups, so it was a good day,\u201d Cole told reporters in Somerset. \u201cLot of strikes, that\u2019s good. Not a lot of large misses, and consistency out of all the offerings today, which was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former AL Cy Young Award winner is expected to need at least a few more rehab starts before potentially being activated in mid-to-late May.<\/p>\n

An umpire asked Elmer Rodr\u00edguez to change his glove after the second inning Wednesday, which the rookie right-hander did but was unsure why it was necessary. Making his MLB debut, Rodr\u00edguez was sporting a blue, red and white glove, as a tribute to his native Puerto Rico, but then used a black glove for the final two innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThankfully I had one here,\u201d Rodr\u00edguez said. \u201cHe just told me I could change it for the next inning and that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 The decision to designate veteran outfielder Randal Grichuk for assignment Wednesday came just as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4459,22383,20,9,11,10,321,61584,319],"class_list":["post-215289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-anthony-volpe","tag-gerrit-cole","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-randal-grichuk","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215289","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=215289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}