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Yankees: Jordan Montgomery and Aaron Boone seemingly have heated exchange on mound

ByThomas Carannante|
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Jordan Montgomery #47 of the New York Yankees pitches against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Yankee Stadium on September 12, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Jordan Montgomery #47 of the New York Yankees pitches against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Yankee Stadium on September 12, 2020 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery was not happy after being taken out of the game.

It was a quick turnaround for the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles. After Friday’s doubleheader, the division rivals jumped right back into action at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday. The Bombers sent Jordan Montgomery, who’s been struggling as of late, to the mound in hopes the offense, which scored 23 runs the past three games, could prop up the lefty.

But that wasn’t the case. New York could only muster one run, which didn’t give Montgomery the longest of leashes. In fact, the defense did him no favors either, as a Brett Gardner error and a poorly tracked down/botched pop up by Thairo Estrada relinquished the lead.

At that point, with a runner on first, a righty hitter coming up, and the game tied at 1-1, manager Aaron Boone opted to remove Monty after 5.2 innings pitched. The left-hander was not happy about it likely because he had only thrown 72 pitches and registered a career-high nine strikeouts … and it appears the pitcher and manager got into it for a quick second on the mound.

Woah … what was that?! Before Montgomery stormed off the mound, Boone put a finger into his chest to stop him and tell him something. Where are the hot mics?!

One could assume Monty wanted to go as long as possible in a game against an inferior team like the Orioles, especially when you realize he’s pitched just FOUR innings in his last two starts. With just 15 games left in the season, getting as many extra reps/innings under your belt before the playoffs is beyond crucial.

But at the end of the day, Jordan Montgomery is not Gerrit Cole and doesn’t have the luxury of mouthing off to his manager and then losing it in the dugout. The 27-year-old had a 5.72 ERA coming into Saturday, so …… yeah.

The passion is much appreciated, but Boone isn’t going to let that fly in front of his other veteran players, assuming that’s what happened here.

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