After watching their season end at home for the fifth straight season, the New York Yankees are set to sign manager Aaron Boone to a contract extension once again.
Boone, who is the first Yankees manager to not win a World Series since 1995, will be staying in The Bronx despite a ninth-straight season without a title, according to multiple reports.
Reports indicated that Boone will return for the 2027 season, but did not clarify how long his contract will last.
It also bears mentioning that the 2027 MLB season is currently in peril as the collective-bargaining agreement between the MLB Players Association and the league is set to expire – with both the players and the owners so deeply entrenched in their sides that it’s widely believed the season will be severely impacted, if not outright cancelled.
The news, while frustrating, should come as no surprise to Yankees fans who have consistently seen owner Hal Steinbrenner make excuses and reward the postseason failings of Boone and general manager Brian Cashman by continuing their tenures in recent years.
Cashman, the longest tenured general manager in baseball, saw his contract expire at the end of the 2026 season. Previous reports have indicated that Steinbrenner is expected to re-sign him – keeping Cashman in the same position he has held for 34 years.
The New York Yankees will be bringing back manager Aaron Boone, per multiple reports
This comes after the Yankees once again were eliminated from the playoffs under Boone
Without Aaron Judge, New York lost its fourth ALDS under Boone’s leadership
The Yankees, meanwhile, have not won the World Series since 2009 – a drought of 17 seasons which is tied for the second-longest drought in team history. It’s a mark only eclipsed by the period between the team’s founding in 1903 and their first title in 1923.
Part of that drought was overseen by manager Joe Girardi, who Boone replaced in 2017. While Girardi lost five postseason series before losing his job, Boone has lost eight postseason series and is still in the same position.
Under Boone, the Yankees have lost four American League Division Series appearances – including this year’s when they were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays.
While New York was depleted by injuries – including one to superstar Aaron Judge that kept him out from September 22 to the end of the season – many Yankees fans blamed Boone for their decisive Game 3 defeat for his decision to move outfielder Trent Grisham to the leadoff spot while sliding slugger Ben Rice from first in the order to second.
While Rice hit multiple home runs in the series, Grisham finished the ALDS batting 0-for-11 as he struck out in the Yankees’ final at-bat of the year with runners in scoring position.
This is one of countless examples of Boone’s issues as a situational manager that have frustrated fans time and again as the Yankees have won only four non-Wild Card series under his tenure.
Meanwhile, they’ve been eliminated from the ALDS four times, the ALCS twice and lost the 2024 World Series in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Boone’s only real success has come in the regular season, where he’s put up a record of 790-565 while winning three AL East regular season crowns.
