Aaron Boone's New York Yankees remain hopeful about Aaron Judge's highly anticipated return to the field alongside his teammates.

The New York Yankees are in the home stretch of the regular season, and it seems clear that they are going to have a spot in the American League playoffs even though it is very unlikely that they will catch the Tampa Bay Rays for first place in the American League East.

Boone updated the media following the Yankees loss to the Padres.

Aaron Boone updates Trent Grisham injury

The New York Yankees manager got tossed from the game in the 10th inning on Wednesday night after the Yanks took a big lead.

Aaron Boone is no stranger to getting fired up with MLB umpires, but his latest ejection came at a particularly frustrating moment for the Yankees. New York had already done the hard work of taking control of Wednesday night’s game against the Angels, only for Boone to find himself watching from the clubhouse after a disputed check-swing call.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone provided an update Tuesday on the status of rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr. Per Talkin’ Yanks: “Aaron Boone tells us George Lombard Jr. will not be in the lineup tonight but he ran and took ground balls yesterday.

Look, there’s absolutely no doubt that New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone has done an incredible job with the Yankees over the months of June, July, and August without Aaron Judge. New York is 80-60 and just 3.