Jorge Posada isn’t exactly leaving the door open for a Yankees reunion.
The former catcher, a four-time World Series champion and one of the franchise’s Core Four, said on The New York Post’s “The Show” podcast that he doesn’t believe the organization wants him back in any real capacity. That includes the kind of role some fans have imagined for him on the coaching staff.
“It’s gotta be the right - I mean, I could, but I don’t think they want me there to tell you the truth,” Posada told “The Show.”
He went even further in describing how he feels when he’s around the team.
“I don’t feel welcome when I go there, you know? Even in spring training, I don’t feel like - I’m just like, I don’t know, like, I don’t feel welcome. I don’t feel like they want me there, so I don’t go.”
Posada’s comments hit harder because of what his last season in pinstripes looked like. The Yankees retired his No. 20 in 2015, but his final year with the club in 2011 ended on a rough note. Russell Martin took over as the starting catcher, and Posada had public disputes with the team over playing time.
“I don’t know what happened. I’d rather just move forward,” Posada said.
“My last season of my career was a really tough one when it comes to handling everything in my part and also the Yankees toward Jorge Posada. So, it’s tough to go back and feel that again.”
Those remarks arrive just after CC Sabathia took aim at the Yankees for no longer surrounding the clubhouse with former players who can reinforce the organization’s identity. Following the team’s ALDS exit, Sabathia said the old standards aren’t being passed down the way they used to be.
"It was like there's a standard that's set here, and we didn't meet that standard. No disrespect, but they don't know what that standard is.
You know why? Because there's nobody in there that keeping that standard.
Once [Brett Gardner] Gardy left, it's been a wrap. When I first came, it was Ron Guidry, Reggie Jackson, Mickey Rivers, Willie Randolph.
It was not only the Core Four, it was those guys, too. So, you knew what the standard was because the standard was sitting in the [expletive] room right next to you," Sabathia said.
Sabathia also pointed out that Posada, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera are not around the Yankees much anymore, and he argued the team needs to lean on its former stars if it wants things to shift.
For now, though, that reunion buzz looks a lot less realistic. Even with the Yankees bringing back both GM Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone in 2027 despite not winning a World Series since 2009, the organization’s leadership run-it-back approach has already left some former players stunned. Posada’s words only add to that picture.
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