Two days after Aaron Boone had acknowledged the Yankees’ need to tighten up their team defense, they acquired a solid glove to take over at third base in Friday’s trade with the Rockies for Ryan McMahon.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Aaron Boone Shares Thoughts on Yankees Trading for Ryan McMahon. Areas of central Kansas, including around Wichita, could see heavy rain overnight Thursday into Friday that could cause flash flooding, the National Weather Service in Wichita said.

There is a growing credibility gap between Boone and a mounting percentage of Yankees fans who’ve wearied of watching the Yankees play an awful lot of sloppy baseball the last month and a half.