Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. ATLANTA Coming into the season, one of the Yankees points of emphasis was becoming a better baserunning team. Technically, they have done that by virtue of not ranking dead last as they did last season in the publicly available baserunning metrics. But too often, especially of late during an 12-19 skid, the Yankees have been hurt by fundamental mistakes on the bases, with . Jorbit Vivas , slowing down on his way to third base while trying to tag up on a fly ball to right field, only for Ronald Acua Jr. to throw him out. It turned into an inning-ending double play instead of Aaron Judge coming to the plate as the tying run in a game the Yankees trailed 3-0. is Jorbit Vivas not sliding here an inexplicable and inexcusable error? yes should we all be immensely grateful for his blunder so that this outrageous Ronald Acua Jr. throw isnt lost to history? also yes Angel Martinez Jersey Cspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) Manager Aaron Boone said after the game that it was a play that just cant happen, but it was another costly miscue for a team that hasnt played very crisp baseball over the past six weeks. I think you got a handful of really good base runners and you have a couple guys that its a struggle for, Boone said. So you got to lean into it and work. Sometimes, playing here, the noise, you get a little tight. You got to strike that balance. Thats the last thing I want us to be is fearful running the bases or tight. Boone said because the Yankees have a high-scoring offense they entered Sunday scoring 5.27 runs per game, good for third highest in the majors they tend to be more safe on the bases. Yankees third baseman Jorbit Vivas (90) is tagged out at third base during the third inning against the Braves on July 18, 2025. Getty Images Yankees third baseman Jorbit Vivas reacts after being tagged out at third base during the third inning against the Braves on July 18, 2025. Getty Images Explore More But he said that was the big problem for them last year, playing it too safe all the time and not trying to take extra bases often enough. A lot of that is our personnel last year, Boone said. We are a much more athletic group capable of getting extra bases. But we go on a losing streak and you make a mistake on the bases, thats going to get highlighted. I think throughout the year, theres been a lot of really good out there as well. We got to continue to play aggre sive, but also play smart and not be afraid. Once youre out there, you got to be instinctive. Sometimes when youve lost some games and maybe youve made a mistake thats lent itself to the game, you get a little reluctant. I felt like even there were a couple situations [Friday] where we were a little reluctant on the bases. You dont want that either. CHECK OUT THE AND Entering Saturday, the Yankees ranked 24th in the majors with a minus-4.3 BsR FanGraphs baserunning metric that evaluates stolen bases, caught stealings, taking extra bases and being thrown out on the bases. Last year, the Yankees were last in the majors with a minus-17.1 BsR. By Baseball Savants Baserunning Runs metric measuring the value of steals and taking extra bases the Yankees were tied for 17th with minus-one. Last year, they again ranked last with minus-16. Yankees third baseman Jorbit Vivas (90) is tagged out at third base during the third inning against the Braves on July 18, 2025. Dale Zanine-Imagn Images The Yankees 21 outs on the bases were tied for the fourth fewest in the majors, but that figure does not include pickoffs or caught stealings. So it would not include, say, Ben Rice getting picked off of third base with Judge at the plate in Detroit in April; Ja son Domnguez forgetting how many strikes there were and getting picked off between second and third in Boston in June; Rice getting picked off of second base the next day; or Austin Wells taking off too early as the trail runner on a 3-2 pitch, resulting in the third out of an inning against the Angels later that week. Boone has rarely benched players for baserunning miscues, and said he did not consider doing so with Vivas on Friday. Thats not a case of somebody dogging it down the line, Boone said. Thats a case of him pulling up incorrectly, a mistake that obviously cant happen. Now, if were making over and over mental mistakes and things like that but to me, in that moment, for a kid that plays his butt off all the time, thats not a situation [to pull him]. Thats a conversation and a little bit of an embarra sing moment that you hope you learn and grow from. But youd be pulling guys a lot of times for different things. Kole Calhoun Jersey