Aaron Boone’s decision to lead off Trent Grisham in the Yankees’ season-ending loss sends Evan Roberts over the edge. Evan calls the move a “fireable offense,” while Tiki Barber and Shaun Morash examine how Grisham ended up taking the final at-bat of the season and whether Boone or Brian Cashman deserves the blame. The bigger problem is impossible to ignore: without Aaron Judge, the Yankees simply weren’t good enough offensively.
The crew also debates the fan interference call that wiped away Anthony Volpe’s apparent game-tying homer, defends the fan who reached over the wall, and looks at the troubling postseason pattern that continues to haunt the Yankees under Boone.
