Domingo German will have another chance with the Yankees after serving his suspension for violating Major League Baseball domestic violence protocols.
Aaron Boone said Wednesday that he, general manager Brian Cashman and bench coach Carlos Mendoza had spoken to German “welcoming him again” of his ban, but added that he would not be guaranteed anything this spring. .
“We know he’s paid a significant price from a race standpoint, as he’s really lost an entire season, more so now,” the manager said in a Tampa Zoom call. “It simply came to our notice then. We think he’s in a good place and now it’s his turn to come out to resurrect his career and compete for a place on that team. … It’s been a very long year to come back. “
The Yankees need as many quality weapons as they can to get a backup of Gerrit Cole, and if German can regain the form he had in 2019, when he won 18 games and threw 143 innings before his suspension, he would provide a boost.
But German has to prove he can still be effective on the mound and stay out of trouble off the field. He was suspended for 81 games in January 2020 for violating protocol and lost all last season and announced he would quit baseball, although he later regained it and threw during the winter ball in the Republic. Dominican Republic.
“Certainly nothing has been promised,” Boone said of Germany’s role with the team. “We will be there and try to be supportive, as we can move forward to not only hope to get the most out of the mound and between the lines, but also to become the best we can be off the field as well.”