Aaron Choose traded The Bronx for Queens on his night time off.
As an alternative of bashing homers for the Yankees, the Yankees slugger visited the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle together with spouse Samantha Bracksieck, Bombers teammate Anthony Rizzo, and his spouse Emily for an evening on the U.S. Open on Thursday.
The foursome was spied sipping on honey deuces, the signature cocktail of the tennis match — the Gray Goose-based beverage that comes with three melon balls — whereas Karolina Muchova took down Naomi Osaka at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
It’s develop into a convention for the Yankees captain, having taken within the motion together with Bracksieck every of the final two years.
An evening off is deserved for Choose, whose season-long tear has ramped up in latest weeks.
In 24 video games up to now in August, he’s slashing .415/.556/.927 with 12 house runs and 24 RBIs, together with 24 walks — 9 intentional — and 6 doubles, with a pair of stolen bases for good measure.
On the season, Choose entered Thursday night time main all of MLB with 51 homers, 123 RBIs, a .467 on-base share, .731 slugging share and 1.198 OPS.
His .333 batting common is second to solely Kansas Metropolis’s Bobby Witt .345.
Unsurprisingly, Choose owns an MLB-best 10.1 offensive WAR — and is on monitor to problem his personal AL report of 62 homers.
He’s seemingly about to get a lift within the lineup from his good pal Rizzo, who’s near a return from a rehab task in Double-A Somerset, with a Yankees return imminent after occurring the IL with a forearm damage in mid-June.
The primary baseman will add to a playoff push that’s anticipated to be tight within the AL East.
On Friday, they’ll get again to baseball, with the Cardinals in two for a three-game set at Yankee Stadium.
