For Yankees’ closer Aroldis Chapman, MLB return about family

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NEW YORK — Aroldis Chapman will have more than one thing on his mind Monday.

While his first game at Yankee Stadium will mark his comeback from a 30-game suspension, the first such ban bestowed under MLB’s new domestic violence policy, for Chapman much of it will be about family — the relatives with him in New York, and a second family of up-and-coming teammates he mentored in Tampa.

After recently coming over from Cuba, his sister Yusmila will be in the stands of an MLB stadium for the first time Monday night, along with his parents, his girlfriend Cristina Barnea and their daughter Angelina.

Barnea will be in attendance with the 11-month-old as Chapman puts on the pinstripes for the very first time at Yankee Stadium, six months after being investigated by MLB for an alleged domestic violence incident in their Florida home.

Chapman refuses to talk about that day beyond “I have left it behind me” and “It’s all in the past and I have moved on from it.” He claims he never harmed his girlfriend; that things were misinterpreted.

He says now he’s solely focused on baseball and on helping the Yankees win. A Yankees team he has seen treading the bottom of the division, the same place he got so used to for so many seasons with the Reds.

“When I was in Cincinnati, the team was doing so badly, and now I come here with the team not doing so well; yes, it’s a little …

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