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KANSAS CITY — Aaron Boone did not seem too concerned about Jazz Chisholm Jr. giving the Royals some bulletin board material.

As part of an answer regarding the Yankees’ feelings about the ALDS being tied 1-1 after a Game 2 loss on Monday night, Chisholm indicated they remained confident about winning the series and rued their missed opportunities, saying the Royals “just got lucky.”

When asked about that comment on Tuesday, Boone said he disagreed with the sentiment, but understood what Chisholm was trying to say given his comments in previous answers leading up to his claim.


  Jazz Chisholm flips his bat after hitting a home run in the ninth inning on Oct. 7, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Jazz Chisholm flips his bat after hitting a home run in the ninth inning on Oct. 7, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

“I don’t think they got lucky, I think they did a lot of really good things and came in here and beat us [Monday] night,” Boone said Tuesday after a workout at Yankee Stadium. “But I also looked at the line of questioning as it went. What he was referring to more was probably we did hit into some tough luck, there were some hard-hit balls.

“So that line of questioning continued to where Jazz can be colorful sometimes. In his head, because of the confidence he has in himself and our group, like, ‘Hey, they got lucky.’ But I don’t think that was the case. They obviously played really well. They played two really good games against us and earned themselves a victory [Monday] night.”

Asked on Tuesday about Chisholm’s comment, Royals veteran catcher Salvador Perez said, “I don’t worry about it. What’s the next question?”

“They heard it,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of his players. “I can’t speak for every single one of them if they reacted to it, but it wasn’t something that was like a, ‘Oh, everybody has got to hear this,’ kind of thing.”

Earlier in his postgame scrum, Chisholm did talk about the Yankees hitting into some tough luck and the Royals making strong defensive plays against them.

Chisholm had the Yankees’ second hardest-hit ball of the night — a solo home run in the ninth inning off closer Lucas Erceg that brought them within 4-2 — though the hardest-hit ball was Giancarlo Stanton grounding into a double play.

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Overall, the Yankees hit 15 balls at exit velocities of 95 mph or harder (which Statcast defines as “hard-hit”) and went 5-for-15 on them, though four of them were singles. Chisholm’s home run was the Yankees’ only extra-base hit of the night.

As for Chisholm saying he still felt like the Yankees were going to win the series, he explained himself on social media Tuesday.

“If you don’t believe you gonna win it you won’t!” Chisholm posted on X. “So you better speak this [stuff] into existence and believe!”


  Yankees manager Aaron Boone makes a call to the bullpen against the Royals in the ninth 
  

  inning on Oct. 7, 2024. Robert Sabo for NY Post Yankees manager Aaron Boone makes a call to the bullpen against the Royals in the ninth inning on Oct. 7, 2024. Robert Sabo for NY Post

Quatraro announced Michael Wacha will start Game 4 of the ALDS.

Wacha had a strong season for his sixth team in six seasons, going 13-8 with a 3.35 ERA in 29 starts for Kansas City, but was knocked out early from Game 1 of the ALDS.

The former Cardinal gave up three runs on four hits in four innings in the Royals loss at the Stadium on Saturday.

Marcus Stroman threw live batting practice to Yankees hitters on Tuesday afternoon in The Bronx before the team traveled to Kansas City.

Boone reiterated that the Yankees’ decision to not travel until Tuesday (instead of after Monday’s game, as is customary) was in part to do with hotel issues because of the Chiefs playing Monday Night Football.

But he also thought his team could benefit from a good night’s sleep in their own beds and the tools at their disposal at Yankee Stadium.

“A chance for our guys to really take advantage of our facility here as far as just treatments and recoveries and things like that,” Boone said. “Just kind of decided let’s sleep in our own bed and get off in the afternoon.”

Wednesday will mark the first playoff game at Kauffman Stadium since the Royals beat the Mets in the 2015 World Series.

“I would imagine that [fans] are going to be excited to see their Royals at home coming on the heels of what’s been an outstanding regular season after some lean years for them,” Boone said. “But it’s a proud baseball city and town. I know they love their Royals, and I would imagine the atmosphere will show that.”

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