The New York Yankees have made their decision on the fate of manager Aaron Boone following the team’s World Series implosion.
The Yankees suffered humiliation in the World Series at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 1-4 series defeat, sealed by a number of blunders in Game 5.
Despite title 28 evading the Pinstripes, the franchise announced that Boone would be extending his stay in the Bronx.
The Yankees confirmed Friday morning that they had exercised their 2025 club option for the manager.
Boone, who first took charge of the decorated franchise in 2018, signed a three-year contract extension in 2021, which included the team option for 2025.
The New York Yankees have made their decision on the fate of manager Aaron Boone
The team has now opted to pick up the option, bringing back Boone for the upcoming campaign.
During his seven years as manager in New York, Boone has a 603-429 record, reaching the playoffs in all but one season.
General manager Brian Cashman had hinted earlier in the week that the team was leaning towards bringing the manager back.
‘The manager’s job is so impossible, so you can play the game of second-guessing because you’re either going to make a move and it’ll be right, you make a move and it’ll be wrong and then have at it, right? So I think he’s a really, really good manager. I think that we’re lucky to have him. He’s done a great job,’ Cashman said of Boone. Tuesday.
After a disappointing 2023 season that saw New York finish with its worst winning percentage since 1992 and fail to make the postseason, the Bronx Bombers rebounded to reach the world series for the first time in 15 years.
However, despite Boone and the Yankees’ comeback, and Cashman’s apparent confidence in the manager, fans were left fuming over the decision on social media.
More to follow.
