Aaron Boone was still freshly soaked from the champagne showers of his players when he stepped outside the visiting clubhouse at T-Mobile Park last week. The Yankees had just clinched a playoff

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo suffered a fractured finger on his right hand during his team's eventual 9-4 Saturday loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Manager Aaron Boone, however, told reporters that the injury doesn't necessarily mean Rizzo will be sidelined: Rizzo suffered the injury when he was struck on the hand by a Ryan Borucki slider in the seventh inning: Rizzo remained in the game to run the bases.

Aaron Boone became the seventh Yankees manager to win 600 games Saturday night when his club shut out the Athletics 10-0 in Oakland, but his bubble could burst with an offseason firing if October isn't a good one for a franchise that hasn't been to the World Series since 2009. AP

Soto was scratched from the Yankees lineup due to a knee injury but delivered a clutch, pinch-hit double in the top of the 10th inning.

While this isn’t the worst news for the Yankees, it’s possible that Rizzo’s hand injury isn’t as severe as initially feared, based on Boone’s comments following the team’s second-to-last game of the regular season.

Aaron Boone discusses Anthony Rizzo's injury and Luis Gil's outing after the Yankees' 9-4 loss against the Pirates

BRONX, NY — New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo fractured his right hand off a pitch at the bottom of the seventh inning by Pirates reliever Ryan Borucki, revealed manager Aaron Boone. “We’ll see what we have as the week moves forward.

New York Yankees manager dropped some concerning news about first baseman Anthony Rizzo ahead of the MLB Playoffs