Derek Jeter to attend his first Yankees Old-Timers' Day

ATLANTA — Speaking to yet another Yankee Stadium crowd showering him in adulation — this time last Sept. 9 during a ceremony to honor his induction into the Hall of Fame — Derek Jeter gave the gathering quite a teaser.

“I know you guys haven’t seen a lot of me over the last few years, for various reasons,” Jeter — who served as the Marlins’ CEO and a franchise shareholder from 2017 through this past February, when he resigned from both — told the crowd. “But I really truly do look forward to hopefully seeing a lot more of you here in the near future.”

Though he later said “I wouldn’t read too much into” that comment, Jeter did add: “Now that [his time with the Marlins is over], I’m looking forward to spending more time here.”

Come Sept. 9, Jeter will be back at the Stadium, doing something for the first time since he retired after the 2014 season: participating in Yankees Old-Timers’ Day.

The Yankees made the announcement Monday afternoon.

For the second straight year, there will not be a game as part of Old-Timers’ Day, so Jeter will not be taking his familiar position at short and donning his No. 2 jersey.

He will be among 29 members of the 1998 World Series championship team celebrated that afternoon. Some other members from that club — which went 114-48 in the regular season and 11-2 in the postseason for 125 total wins, the most in MLB history, playoffs included — who are scheduled to attend are Mariano Rivera, Tino Martinez, Andy Pettitte, Paul O’Neill, David Cone, David Wells, Jeff Nelson and Jorge Posada. Joe Torre, the Yankees’ manager from 1996-2007, also plans to attend.

Sevy a go

With the Yankees’ opener experiment with Luis Severino having backfired Wednesday against the White Sox, the struggling righthander will take the mound Tuesday night against Atlanta in the first inning, Aaron Boone said.

Severino is 2-7 with an 8.06 ERA in 14 games (13 starts) this season. After Ian Hamilton pitched the first inning last Wednesday, Severino came on in the second and allowed four runs and five hits in two innings in a 9-2 loss. He has had difficulty in every inning this season, especially the first (13.85 ERA).

In his last three appearances, he allowed 20 hits, six walks and 18 runs (all earned) in 9 1⁄3 innings.

DJ back

DJ LeMahieu returned Monday and went 1-for-3. He missed the previous four games with right calf tightness. LeMahieu came into the night hitting .240 with a .688 OPS but has been better of late, hitting .324 with a .777 OPS in his previous nine games.

By Erik Boland

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Erik Boland started in Newsday's sports department in 2002. He covered high school and college sports, then shifted to the Jets beat. He has covered the Yankees since 2009.