NEW YORK — Bulletin board material? New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone didn’t think so.

Boone said “not really” when asked if he believed third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. gave the Kansas City Royals their new battle cry when Chisholm said he thought they “just got lucky” as they defeated the Yankees 4-2 in Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Monday night.

Boone added that he disagreed with Chisholm’s assessment.

“I don’t think they were lucky,” the manager said. “I think they did a lot of good things and came in here last night and beat us.”

Here was the full exchange between a reporter and Chisholm:

Reporter: “How different does the series feel now after Game 2 compared to Game 1?”

Chisholm: “It still feels the same that we’re going to win it, you know. I don’t feel like anyone feels different, you know. We go out and do our things. We still don’t feel like any team is better than us. Like you said, we had a lot of missed opportunities tonight. So they were just lucky.”

Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit his first career postseason home run tonight. The third baseman recaps Game 2 with @M_Marakovits and the rest of the media. pic.twitter.com/fvEd8uKURo

— YES Network (@YESNetwork) October 8, 2024

The Yankees are 9-for-43 (.209) with runners on base so far and 3-for-19 (.158) with runners in scoring position.

Boone added that he believed Chisholm was referring to how the Yankees had been “bad luck.”

“There were some hard-hit balls,” Boone said. “And so that line of questioning continued to where Jazz can sometimes be colorful and just in his head, because of the confidence he has in himself and in our group: ‘Hey, they got lucky.’

“But I don’t think that was the case. I think they played two really good games against us and they got a win (Monday night).”

The comment came a game after Chisholm joked about how the Los Angeles Angels are second fiddle to the Dodgers in their market. In Game 1, left fielder Alex Verdugo had a big game, and Chisholm referenced how Verdugo has played for big market teams in the past.

“He’s played in big cities before,” Chisholm said at the time. “He played in Boston. He played in LA – and I’m not talking about the Angels.”

On Monday night, Chisholm was also asked if he thought the Yankees had missed many scoring opportunities.

“That’s how we all feel about it,” he said. “We know the game is difficult. This is not an easy game to play. For me it’s just: we come back and fight the next day.

Chisholm wasn’t the only player in the series going back and forth in postgame. Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia, who went 4-for-5 with an RBI on Monday, posted the following on X after the game.

Don’t celebrate too early💀 https://t.co/T4GyFapOFO

— Maikel Garcia (@maikeljose06) October 8, 2024

So far, neither team has gotten much out of their biggest stars. Judge, the AL MVP runaway favorite, went 1-for-7 with two walks and four strikeouts. Meanwhile, Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. 0-for-10. Witt seems like a lock to finish second to Judge for MVP.

On Wednesday, the Yankees will start righty Clarke Schmidt (5-5, 2.85 ERA) against righty Seth Lugo (16-9, 3.00 ERA) in Game 3.

(Top photo by Aaron Boone: Elsa/Getty Images)