The pair on Saturday criticized the team's bevy of mistakes, to which Boone acknowledged, "we should be better than what our record is."

"We're the Yankees," Boone said. "When we lose games, if it's in and around a mistake, that criticism is fair game."

Just a few weeks ago, New York sat atop the AL East. On Friday, the Yankees blew a 6-0 lead and lost 13-12, with three of their newly acquired trade deadline relievers giving up multiple earned runs.