TAMPA — Aaron Decide insisted Saturday that the looming contract talks surrounding him this spring wouldn't distract him from his work on the sector.
On Sunday, the Yankees outfielder proved it together with his bat.
Decide went 3-for-3 with a pair of loud residence runs within the Yankees’ 7-4 Grapefruit League win over the Pirates at Steinbrenner Discipline.
“Fairly good,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned with a smile. “I believe as a hitter of his stature it’s not at all times about outcomes essentially. However as a hitter, it’s at all times good to get them.”
Decide, who had two hits in 11 at-bats getting into Sunday, crushed his first residence run of the spring within the third inning, a moonshot that cleared the batter’s eye in middle area.
“It seemed like he barely swung the bat, too,” mentioned Jordan Montgomery, who was warming up within the Yankees bullpen when Decide hit the Jose Quintana fastball an estimated 407 toes. “It’s a scary factor when it goes that far.”
The second residence run was extra of a line drive that Decide took the opposite approach, drilling it 114.5 mph off the bat and over the wall in right-center area.
“I used to be telling [third base coach Luis Rojas], that ball he hits out to right-center, I’m rounding first and that proper fielder’s reducing that ball off because it’s bouncing, hoping I’m getting it to the hole,” Boone mentioned. “It’s simply, it’s completely different, man. However good to see him have some good at-bats.”
Decide was enjoying his third straight sport as he continued to ramp up for the common season within the condensed spring coaching schedule, however seemed no worse for put on.
The uncertainty surrounding Decide’s contract doesn’t seem like bothering him, both. Common supervisor Brian Cashman mentioned Saturday that the Yankees will make Decide an extension provide earlier than Opening Day, giving the 2 sides lower than two weeks to comply with a deal — although Decide barely backed off his deadline of April 7 on Saturday.
If a deal doesn't get finished, the Yankees and Decide might additionally should go to a doubtlessly contentious arbitration listening to through the season. However up to now, Decide has tried to maintain his concentrate on the sector.
“I do know Aaron,” Boone mentioned. “I do know what a competitor he's, the form of teammate he's. So I believe no matter goes on there, he’ll cope with it, deal with it and be the man we all know.”
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