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 skill to attach with and foster relationships along with his gamers,” GM Brian Cashman mentioned in an announcement inside Friday morning’s press launch. “Persistently exhibiting these abilities in such a demanding and pressurized market is what makes him one of many recreation’s most interesting managers. Our work is clearly not achieved, however as we pursue the final word prize in 2025, I’m excited to have Aaron again to steer our group.”
The 2024 season noticed Boone’s Yankees submit a 94-68 file en path to their third AL East title in seven years underneath his watch. It was the fifth time in six 162-game seasons {that a} Boone-led Yankees squad gained at the least 92 video games. The Yanks additionally gained their first American League pennant underneath Boone this previous season. After all, the season nonetheless led to heartbreak for the Yankees, who fell 4-1 in opposition to the Dodgers within the World Sequence, squandering a 5-0 lead largely as a consequence of some of the painful innings in franchise historical past.
Boone and the Yankees had been making an attempt to develop into the primary membership in MLB historical past to erase a 3-0 World Sequence deficit. No group who’d fallen behind 3-0 within the World Sequence had a lot as compelled a Sport 6. The Yankees seemed on their option 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 Judge 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 gained’t bitter the group on the notion that Boone is the fitting individual 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 at the least attainable that the Yankees might wait till subsequent offseason earlier than making their resolution on whether or not Boone is true for the job in 2026 and past.
“I’m grateful for the belief positioned in me to steer this group. It’s a duty — and a chance — that I’ll by no means take calmly,” Boone mentioned in his personal assertion. “It’s an ideal privilege to indicate up for work day by day and be surrounded by so many decided and gifted gamers, coaches and workers 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 wanting ahead to reporting for spring coaching in Tampa and dealing tirelessly to return the Yankees to the postseason to compete for a World Championship.”
Underneath 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 shall be depending on how the offseason performs out. They seem barreling towards a bidding conflict over Juan Soto and have potential wants at a number of infield spots and within the bullpen as effectively.
