Why Is Boone Still There If Cashman Wants "more" & "expects More"?

We got the news midday on Tuesday. And the text messages started piling up. Reading the Yankees official statement and Brian Cashman’s quote, “We want more and we expect more,” I have a question. Why are the Yankees investing in Aaron Boone if he can’t move the needle forward? 

And to add insult to injury or salt to my open wound, ESPN shared this nugget, “The last time a Yankees manager was allowed to manage a fifth season without having won a World Series ring was 1922.” Seriously. What are the Yankees thinking? George the father would have never even considered such a bonehead move.

“It was at times both unstoppable but many other times unwatchable,” Cashman said speaking about the 2021 Yankee season. And yet here we are. Stuck with mediocre. The driver of the roller coaster. The mismanager of pitching. The players’ best friend and the front office puppet. We are stuck with Aaron Boone for at least three more years; which means three more years of missteps, almosts, and frustrations.

“Cashman said if the Yankees were looking for a manager, they would want someone like Boone, so why change? So they didn’t. Cashman has seen the relationship with his manager as a partnership and he likes partnering with someone he finds reliable, measured and open-minded. So the partnership continues, albeit with Boone having a guaranteed deal through 2024, but Cashman’s pact up after next season,” reported the New York Post. 

A partnership? Is that what this is? It seems more like Spin City to me; everything in the media is spun to positively reflect the Yankee manager, when in reality he appears to not know how to use the intel he is receiving to manage his team or even communicate with his “partner.” 

If the Yankees expect more, who are they expecting more from? The players? They can only be as good as their coaches. So perhaps the pink slips those knuckleheads received are part of the plan for expecting more? The organization has chosen to build a fortress around Boone—the gum chewing clown with his front foot up on the step of the dugout—to lead the franchise into the future. Perfect.

Well, I guess they better get coaches who know when to call the bunt, the steal, the turn around third toward home, the hook and can teach fundamental baseball. Otherwise, we are in for three more years of laughable baseball at the expense of all of us fans. 

–Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Senior Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof