The Yankees introduced this morning that they’ve signed supervisor Aaron Boone to a two-year contract extension protecting the 2026-27 seasons. His earlier contract was set to run out after 2025, so this takes him out of “lame duck” standing.
The information doesn’t come as a shock. Groups typically don’t prefer to have managers working in a lame-duck place. The Yankees did it with Boone as soon as earlier than, in 2021, although that was a uncommon incidence. He initially joined the Yankees by way of a three-year deal going into 2018, with a membership choice for 2021. The Yanks picked up that choice and did let Boone handle that season on an expiring contract.
On October 19 of that 12 months, Boone and the membership agreed to a brand new three-year deal which coated the 2022-24 seasons and got here with a ’25 choice. There was maybe a little bit of drama round his standing as supervisor when the membership missed the playoffs in 2023, however they bounced again final 12 months by profitable the American League East and going so far as the World Collection. The Yanks picked up their ’25 choice at the beginning of the offseason. Extra not too long ago, each proprietor Hal Steinbrenner and basic supervisor Brian Cashman spoke of desirous to get an extension achieved.
Boone is a divisive determine within the fanbase however there’s loads of great things on his observe document. The Yanks have made the postseason in six of his seven seasons on the helm, with the aforementioned 2023 marketing campaign being the lone exception. They’ve had some robust postseason losses however, as talked about, simply went to the World Collection a couple of months in the past. As skipper, he has an everyday season document of 603-429, a .584 profitable proportion.
Although some followers will stay sad with Boone till he wins a title, it could have been very uncommon for a membership to maneuver on from a supervisor and even let him keep in lame-duck standing on the heels of profitable a pennant.
As at all times, the Yankees will probably be going into the upcoming season with their eyes on competition. They misplaced Juan Soto however had an aggressive offseason nonetheless, including Max Fried, Cody Bellinger, Paul Goldschmidt, Devin Williams and others. One other disappointing season will embolden those that are already upset with Boone, however the membership clearly feels ok to place pen to paper with him at this time, avoiding in-season storylines about his unsure contract standing.
