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SEATTLE — The league has spoken with Alex Cora, but they will not be stopping him from doing his job.

After the Red Sox manager insinuated that his club tried throwing at Aaron Judge on Saturday, Major League Baseball reviewed the situation and eventually spoke with Cora about his remarks, but a suspension will not be handed out, The Post confirmed on Tuesday. 

Aaron Boone said he did not have any reaction to the lack of punishment.

“We’re past this weekend,” Boone said Tuesday at T-Mobile Park before the Yankees’ 11-2 series-opening win over the Mariners. “Chances are we’re not going to play them anymore this year. We got too much important things going on in front of us right now to really get caught up in that.”

The saga started when Gerrit Cole plunked Rafael Devers with a cutter in the first inning Saturday and then intentionally walked him his next time up — which infuriated Cora, as the Red Sox manager felt it proved the Yankees ace did not want to face Devers.

Later, in the sixth inning, Red Sox starter Brayan Bello threw a first-pitch fastball behind Judge.


  Bryan Bello threw behind Aaron Judge in the sixth inning of game on Sept. 14, 2024. @ChrisKirschner/X Bryan Bello threw behind Aaron Judge in the sixth inning of game on Sept. 14, 2024. @ChrisKirschner/X

On Sunday, asked if he thought the feud was finished, Cora responded, “It was closed [Saturday] around the sixth inning. We had our chance. It didn’t happen.”

The episode led to a league review, which is standard protocol, but it did not ultimately lead to any punishment for Cora.

Cora spoke with Judge after Saturday’s game and described it as “professional.”

“You play this game for a while, things like that happen,” Judge said Sunday. “I know they’re upset. I think three of their guys got hit that day. I think they’re just protecting their players. Something’s got to happen. That’s the way this game gets policed and has been policed for 100 years.

“I think the biggest thing is, just don’t miss when you do it.”

Boone, who is good friends with Cora, has mostly brushed off his counterpart’s remarks, chalking them up to “gamesmanship” and trying to “rally the troops” as the Red Sox fought to keep their playoff hopes alive.


  Alex Cora walks to the mound during the Red Sox’s loss to the Yankees on Sept. 15, 2024. Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Alex Cora walks to the mound during the Red Sox’s loss to the Yankees on Sept. 15, 2024. Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images

After being moved to the bullpen for at least the time being to solve the Yankees’ rotation crunch, Marcus Stroman made his first relief appearance of the season Tuesday, throwing the final three innings of the Yankees’ win.

Stroman gave up a solo home run to Luke Raley in the eighth inning and had traffic on the bases in all three innings. But in his ninth career relief appearance, he was able to record the final nine outs of a blowout to give the Yankees’ bullpen a breather.

It marked Stroman’s second career save, the first coming in his rookie year with the Blue Jays in 2014.

“Stro was good,” Boone said. “You never know bringing him into the situation. We get him a save. I thought he looked very comfortable, very Stro. I thought he was filling the zone up for the most part. I thought he had a good presence with all his pitches. It was good to get him out there and good to get his workload up like that [64 pitches] to keep it up.

“Appreciative of him being down there and ready to go and coming in and picking up three big innings for us tonight.”

Cody Poteet (triceps strain) made his sixth and likely final rehab start on Tuesday for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

The right-hander’s rehab assignment will hit 30 days on Wednesday, at which point the Yankees likely will option him to Triple-A as starting depth.

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