Yankees' Boone doesn't believe Aroldis Chapman deserves an apology for 2022 playoff discipline

TORONTO (AP) — One day after Boston's Aroldis Chapman repeated his belief that he's owed an apology from the Yankees for the way he was treated by the team at the end of the 2022 season, New York manager Aaron Boone said Friday that he doesn't see a need.

Chapman, an eight-time All-Star and two-time World Series winner, was ruled out of New York’s divisional series against Cleveland in Oct. 2022 after he skipped a mandatory workout. Earlier that season, Chapman was on the injured list from Aug. 24-Sept. 16 because of an infection in his leg caused by getting a tattoo.

Chapman said Yankees general manager Brian Cashman owes him an apology.

Asked Friday about Chapman’s comments, Boone said the facts speak for themselves.

“At the end of the day, he wasn’t at the workout,” Boone said Friday before the Yankees opened a series in Toronto. “I made the decision, based on a lot of things and thought, to leave him off because I thought that was the right thing to do for our club at the time.

"Chappy apologized and really, it’s water under the bridge for me. I love Chappy, I have a really good relationship with him to this day, but the ending of the ’22 season is what it was. He wasn’t there and I made the decision that I didn’t think it was best for him to come back at that point. He maintained that he was throwing and would be ready as the playoffs unfolded that year but, ultimately, I made that decision.”

Boone left no room for doubt about whether Chapman deserved an apology.

“No,” he said.

The Yankees beat Cleveland in five games in 2022. Chapman, who saved 146 games for New York from 2016-22, did not return as New York was swept by Houston in the ALCS. The Astros went on to beat Philadelphia in the World Series.

Chapman signed with Kansas City that offseason and was traded to Texas at the deadline in 2023, winning his second World Series title with the Rangers. He pitched for Pittsburgh in 2024 and joined Boston in 2025.

Chapman is 0-1 with a 0.46 ERA and 13 saves in 13 chances for the last-place Red Sox. He’s on a one-year, $13.3 million contract.

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New York Yankees manger Aaron Boone walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Friday, May 29, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)

Boston Red Sox pitcher Aroldis Chapman throws during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, June 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

CHICAGO (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is day to day with left knee inflammation.

Ohtani was out of the starting lineup for Friday night's series opener at the Chicago White Sox. But manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani could play this weekend and remains in line to make his next scheduled start on the mound on Wednesday.

Ohtani was lifted for a pinch hitter in the seventh inning of Thursday night’s 8-6 win at Pittsburgh.

“He’s doing fine today,” Roberts said before Friday's matchup with the White Sox. “I think that we got some pictures. There was no findings. It’s just the normal wear and tear. I thought initially it was a hamstring, it was the knee. So it just kind of got upset, swelled up a little bit.”

Ohtani, 31, is batting .305 with 13 homers and 40 RBIs in 67 games for the NL West leaders. On the mound, the reigning NL MVP is 6-2 with a 1.06 ERA in 11 starts.

Ohtani had surgery on his left knee in September 2019. Roberts said the swelling is in the back of the knee.

“That’s where a lot of the swelling with the knee kind of like builds,” Roberts said. “But again his range of motion today is good and so if it was another time in the season he’d be in there tonight.”

Ohtani did not speak with the media before the game.

Alex Call was in the leadoff spot for Los Angeles and Santiago Espinal stepped in as the designated hitter.

Roberts also said utilityman Tommy Edman is on track to be activated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Edman, who is coming back from offseason ankle surgery, is on a minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who is on the 60-day IL because of a back issue, could start playing catch soon.

“(Glasnow) feels great, so he’s going to start kind of ramping things up,” Roberts said.

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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani enters the field prior to a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani enters the field prior to a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani enters the field prior to a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani enters the field prior to a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Melissa Tamez)