TAMPA, Fla. Aaron Boone, manager of the New York Yankees, said he had a conversation with Domingo German about his cryptic Instagram post on the day he returned to the team after a suspension of domestic violence.
“Everything is over”, German wrote in Spanish on Wednesday.
German deleted his posts and then wrote: ‘I’m ready’ in Spanish.
“We’re definitely paying attention to things,” Boone said Thursday. ‘When I first heard about it last night and saw it and it was brought to my attention, I was a little surprised and immediately worried, but maybe feeling a little out of context, a little overwhelmed.
“And I feel comfortable that he’s doing well and that he’s doing well and is ready to compete. But that’s something we’ll keep looking at and try our best to make sure he’s in a good place. “But I had the conversation about trying to be as smart and picky as we can about some of the things we express in public.”
German was 18-4 with an ERA of 4.03 in 2019 when he was placed on administrative leave on September 19 while Major League Baseball investigated a suspected domestic violence incident involving his girlfriend, with whom he has at least one child. . He has missed the last nine games of the 2019 season and all nine of the New York post-season games.
He was suspended for 81 games on January 2 last year, a ban that left 63 games left. He missed the entire 2020 season and playoffs.
The Yankees reliever Zanke Britton would not say whether German should speak to teammates about what happened.
“It’s a difficult question. I don’t think he owes me anything,” Britton said. ‘I think these are things off the field he needs to take care of. I think sometimes you can not control who your teammates are. I mean, that’s the situation. I do not agree with what he did. I do not think at all that it is in the game or off the field … I think it is something he will have to deal with alone and make better choices. ‘