The Yankees are running it back with Aaron Boone, and that decision landed exactly the way a lot of people figured it would.
On October 19, New York confirmed that Boone will remain the club’s manager in 2027. That news didn’t exactly thrill a chunk of Yankees supporters, and it was bound to send Red Sox fans into a good mood.
If Boone was going to get moved out, it probably would have happened soon after the Tampa Bay Rays swept the Yankees out of the ALDS. But Boone also did plenty right in that series, and there wasn’t much he could do about a team OPS of .431 or a .125 average with runners in scoring position.
Boone has been in charge in the Bronx since 2018, and the results have been familiar: the Yankees have reached the playoffs in every season but one, got to the World Series once, and still don’t have a championship to show for it. For a franchise built on “27 rings,” that kind of stretch stands out. Boone didn’t create that drought, but his run at the helm hasn’t exactly changed the story.
There’s also a contract wrinkle hanging over all of this. The 2027 season is the final year on Boone’s deal, and the Yankees have not given him an extension.
That leaves open the possibility that they’re simply waiting to make a bigger move next year. Some around the game think that could be about timing as much as loyalty.
Jon Heyman of the New York Post has been among the reporters suggesting New York could be the next team to hire Alex Cora, who is taking the 2027 season off. For Boston fans, that would be a rough outcome to swallow.
While Yankees fans continue arguing over how much blame belongs on Boone, several former Yankees have steered the conversation somewhere else entirely: the organization itself. They’ve had plenty of good things to say about Boone, but they’ve also pointed to a broader culture problem in the building.
CC Sabathia has said the Yankees’ "standard" hasn’t been upheld - whatever that means. Nick Swisher thinks the players in the room need to own it, get connected and sort things out.
Alex Rodriguez has called for a "philosophy change." Even David Ortiz has weighed in on the erosion of the Yankees’ culture and attitude from the late 90s and early 2000s.
In that view, Boone isn’t the full answer to what’s gone wrong, and he isn’t the only one carrying the blame.
For now, though, Boone and Brian Cashman are still in place, and Red Sox fans can enjoy that reality for at least one more season. It also keeps alive the possibility that New York’s search for something better will keep taking the same familiar detour.
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