The Yankees introduced Friday that they’ve exercised their 2025 membership possibility on supervisor Aaron Boone. He’ll return for an eighth season because the membership’s skipper subsequent yr.
“Aaron is a steadying presence in our clubhouse and possesses a profound potential to attach with and foster relationships together with his gamers,” GM Brian Cashman stated in an announcement inside Friday morning’s press launch. “Constantly exhibiting these abilities in such a demanding and pressurized market is what makes him one of many sport’s best managers. Our work is clearly not finished, however as we pursue the last word prize in 2025, I’m excited to have Aaron again to guide our crew.”
The 2024 season noticed Boone’s Yankees publish a 94-68 report en path to their third AL East title in seven years beneath his watch. It was the fifth time in six 162-game seasons {that a} Boone-led Yankees squad received a minimum of 92 video games. The Yanks additionally received their first American League pennant beneath Boone this previous season. In fact, the season nonetheless resulted in heartbreak for the Yankees, who fell 4-1 in opposition to the Dodgers within the World Sequence, squandering a 5-0 lead largely attributable to one of the crucial painful innings in franchise historical past.
Boone and the Yankees had been trying to develop into the primary membership in MLB historical past to erase a 3-0 World Sequence deficit. No crew who’d fallen behind 3-0 within the World Sequence had a lot as pressured a Sport 6. The Yankees appeared on their method to doing simply that with 5 early runs in opposition to the Dodgers and Gerrit Cole on the mound, however they coughed up 5 runs within the fifth inning following errors by Aaron Choose and Anthony Volpe in addition to a defensive lapse that noticed first base left uncovered on a grounder to Anthony Rizzo.
Brutal as that one inning was, it received’t bitter the group on the notion that Boone is the correct particular person to steer the ship subsequent yr. Whether or not the 2 events focus on an extension stays to be seen. The Yankees allowed Boone to navigate a whole season as a lame-duck skipper in 2021 earlier than re-signing him to a three-year deal that October. As stress for an elusive World Sequence trophy continues to mount, it’s a minimum of attainable that the Yankees may wait till subsequent offseason earlier than making their choice on whether or not Boone is true for the job in 2026 and past.
“I’m grateful for the belief positioned in me to guide this crew. It’s a accountability — and a chance — that I’ll by no means take calmly,” Boone stated in his personal assertion. “It’s a fantastic privilege to indicate up for work on daily basis and be surrounded by so many decided and proficient gamers, coaches and employees members. Beginning with Steinbrenner household, there’s a collective dedication to excellence inside this group that’s embedded in all that we do. I’m already trying ahead to reporting for spring coaching in Tampa and dealing tirelessly to return the Yankees to the postseason to compete for a World Championship.”
Beneath Boone, the Yankees have performed at a 603-429 tempo. That .584 successful proportion has resulted in postseason berths in six of seven seasons. A lot of the Yankees’ 2025 outlook can be depending on how the offseason performs out. They seem barreling towards a bidding battle over Juan Soto and have potential wants at a number of infield spots and within the bullpen as properly.
