Yankees make big decision on manager Aaron Boone's future

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is not going anywhere.

The squad announced connected Friday that they exercised their 2025 nine option, bringing backmost Boone for an eighth play successful pinstripes. 

Boone, 51, volition instrumentality for his eighth play aft starring the Yankees to the World Series this past play for the archetypal clip since 2009. 

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, #17, makes a pitching alteration during the 3rd inning successful crippled 3 of the 2024 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers astatine Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images)

The Yankees were 94-68 successful 2024, and are 603-429 successful 7 seasons nether Boone. 

Entering the 2024 season, the Yankees decided not to prime up Boone’s enactment successful lawsuit the squad wanted to determination connected aft the season. 

One of the biggest reasons for the Yankees picking up Boone’s enactment was the enactment helium has from squad skipper Aaron Judge.

"He’s ever had our back. He’s ever been determination for us, ever enactment america successful the champion positions time successful and time out. He’s a feline that each azygous idiosyncratic successful this country volition tally done a partition for. The civilization we person present – it’s thing special, and it starts with him astatine the top," Judge said astatine the extremity of the play via The Athletic.

"Being successful this position, we wouldn’t person the players we brought successful acceptable truthful good if it wasn’t for a manager similar him to truly bring each of america together."

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, #17, looks connected from the dugout earlier crippled 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers successful the 2024 World Series astatine Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

Bringing backmost Boone for the 2025 play answers 1 of the galore large questions surrounding the Yankees this offseason. 

The Yankees person galore cardinal contributors from their AL Pennant winning squad hitting escaped agency, nary bigger than close fielder Juan Soto. 

Soto is hitting escaped bureau aft a vocation twelvemonth successful which helium deed .288 with 41 location runs portion having 129 walks, 2nd to lone Judge. 

Soto was adjacent amended during the Yankees' playoff run, hitting .327 with a .469 on-base percent with 4 location runs, including the extra-innings blast against the Cleveland Guardians that sent the Yankees to the World Series. 

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, #17, relieves pitcher Gerrit Cole, #45, during the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers successful crippled 4 of the 2024 World Series astatine Yankee Stadium. (Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images)

In summation to Soto hitting escaped agency, 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres, near fielder Alex Verdugo, relievers Clay Holmes and Tommy Kahnle are besides escaped agents. 

The Yankees besides person to find a caller starting archetypal baseman aft declining Anthony Rizzo’s squad enactment for 2025. 

Bringing Boone backmost could assistance bring Soto and different escaped agents to the Bronx. 

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