TORONTO — On a night when his club fell apart defensively, Aaron Boone found an outlet for his frustration: home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez.
Boone was upset early on about a high called third strike to Oswald Peraza that Gonzalez later owned up to missing. But then in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ sloppy 8-4 loss to the Blue Jays, Anthony Volpe struck out looking at another high strike, which set off the visiting dugout.
Gonzalez motioned that he had ejected someone, but Boone was not sure who, so he went to find out — it was pitching coach Matt Blake.
Boone then began to walk back to the dugout, but appeared to offer some more commentary on the way, which is when Gonzalez tossed the manager.
Aaron Boone was ejected in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ 8-4 loss to the Blue Jays on July 23, 2025.
Then Boone got his money’s worth, engaging in a heated shouting match with Gonzalez after his fourth ejection of the year.
“We got on the one call with Peraza early and he kind of disarmed us and said, ‘Hey, I missed it,’ which was all good,” Boone said. “Then he got Blake.
“I just went out there to see and then he kind of lost his mind on me. Just a couple calls not going our way, but that wasn’t our issue tonight. We gave them too many outs.”
Max Fried cut the top of his left pinky finger in his last inning of work — in his first start in 11 days because of a blister on his left index finger — but said it was not an issue.
“It happens. That’s nothing to worry about,” Fried said. “Completely fine with the blister.”
Umpire Manny Gonzalez argues with Aaron Boone in the seventh
inning of the Yankees’ road loss to the Blue Jays on July 23, 2025. Getty Images
Television cameras caught Aaron Judge wincing after making a throw from right field to third base late in Tuesday’s game, but he showed no ill effects on Wednesday while drilling his 37th home run of the season.
“He’s OK. Not much,” Boone said before the game. “Just probably a throw that didn’t feel great.”
Judge was DHing on Wednesday, but that was planned in advance of Tuesday’s grimace to get him a day off his feet on the turf at Rogers Centre.
“I think it’s a one-off,” Boone said. “He’s not DHing because of that. I think he’s alright.”
Luis Gil (lat strain) made his third rehab start on Wednesday night with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, building up to 67 pitches across 3 ¹/₃ innings in which he gave up five runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four.
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His fastball averaged 94.4 mph after averaging 96.6 mph last season.
The Yankees had still not decided whether this would be Gil’s last rehab start, though it would not be surprising if he makes one more to build up even further before returning.
“It’s been a good buildup for him,” Boone said. “You want to see how he does and how he holds his stuff throughout the outing, what’s the command look like, what’s the bounce back [Thursday] look like. What’s our rotation look like moving forward in the coming week? Where does it make the most sense to insert him?”