After seemingly weeks of silence, we finally got some sort of update on how the New York Yankees are going about the remainder of the team’s offseason. And we’ll be blunt: If you’re a Yankees fan, you probably didn’t love most of it.
New York moved quickly after losing Juan Soto, signing lefty Max Fried and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and acquiring Cody Bellinger and Devin Williams via trade. Since then, though, there’s been … a whole lot of nothing, and it seems like that won’t be changing any time soon. Both manager Aaron Boone and owner Hal Steinbrenner spoke with the media on Tuesday evening, touching on everything from Boone’s contract to the team’s payroll to the question marks that remain in the infield and with the Opening Day lineup. Steinbrenner sat down with the YES Network on Tuesday night, and while most of the questions he fielded had to do with improving the team’s roster before spring training (more on that in a moment), he was also asked about the status of manager Aaron Boone, who’s entering the final year of the three-year deal he signed after the 2021 season. Despite getting his team to its first World Series since 2009, Boone came in for plenty of criticism last season, mostly for some extremely questionable bullpen decisions he made in New York’s five-game loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. But he continues to have support in the locker room, most notably with star outfielder Aaron Judge, and it was never realistic for the team to consider making a change after winning the pennant. Sure enough, Steinbrenner confirmed that the Yankees plan on engaging Boone in contract talks in the coming days.
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