{"id":103905,"date":"2025-10-06T23:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=103905"},"modified":"2025-10-06T23:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:59:45","slug":"yankees-aaron-boone-hints-at-big-lineup-changes-for-game-3-vs-blue-jays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=103905","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Aaron Boone hints at big lineup changes for Game 3 vs Blue Jays"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The New York Yankees are on the brink of postseason elimination following a <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">13-7 loss vs. the Toronto Blue Jays<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in Game 2 of the ALDS. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The <\/span>defeat has manager Aaron Boone scrambling <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to find solutions to keep the club&#8217;s playoff hopes alive, including a lineup shakeup ahead of Game 3<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to ESPN&#8217;s Jorge Castillo, Boone is considering <\/span>making one or two lineup changes <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for Game 3 in anticipation of facing Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber. Boone noted that Bieber touts a heavy reverse split success in 2025 and career-neutral splits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Castillo insinuated that one key lineup change could see New York swapping left-handed first baseman Ben Rice for veteran and former MVP-winning right-hander Paul Goldschmidt.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aaron Boone said he could make one or two lineup changes for Game 3 vs. RHP Shane Bieber. He noted Bieber\u2019s heavy reverse splits in 2025 &amp; neutral career splits. Given that, there\u2019s one obvious possibility: Paul Goldschmidt over Ben Rice. Goldschmidt is 3-for-6 career vs. Bieber.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jorge Castillo (@jorgecastillo) October 6, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Through four games this postseason, Rice is batting .267\u00a0 with one home run and three RBIs, while Goldschmidt has four four hits in seven at-bats, to the tune of a .571 batting average. Going with Goldschmidt is a risky move, but on the verge of squandering what is to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">be believed<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> as a roster capable of winning the organization&#8217;s 28th World Series, Boone is trusting the analytics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Against left-handed bats this season, Bieber has been tremendous, surrendering just two home runs and holding the opposition to a .156 batting average. Against right-handed batters, the <\/span>former Cy Young winner is much worse <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, giving up six home runs, a .297 batting average, and a .936 OPS, according to ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As mentioned by Castillo, Goldschmidt holds a .500 career batting average against Bieber in six plate appearances. However, the at-bats took place in 2021 and 2023. Since then, Bieber has battled his way back from Tommy John Surgery, and Goldschmidt has seen his production against right-handers steadily decline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 2021, Goldschmidt hit .279 with 10 home runs in reverse split opportunities. In 2023, <\/span>he saw those numbers dip <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to a .259 batting average and 20 home runs. Now in 2025, Goldschmidt is hitting .247 with three of his seven home runs coming against right-handers, according to Baseball Savant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The New York Yankees are desperate, and Aaron Boone can feel the pressure of yet another postseason letdown. Behind in the series 2-0 and needing three consecutive wins to save the season, the skipper is reaching into his bag of tricks, hoping for a miraculous comeback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone hints at potential big lineup changes for Game 3 of the ALDS vs. the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":103906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[307,44,66,40,315],"class_list":["post-103905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-aaron-boone","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-paul-goldschmidt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees&#039; Aaron Boone hints at big lineup changes for Game 3 vs Blue Jays - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=103905\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees&#039; 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