Yankees' Aaron Boone could get contract extension before end of spring training
Yankees manager Aaron Boone speaks to the media at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Feb. 11, 2025. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A. Ferrara
BRADENTON, Fla. — During his time as Yankees owner, Hal Steinbrenner has held relatively firm to a personal policy of not talking about extensions for those employed by the club, whether it be players, front office members or staff.
There have been exceptions, with Aaron Judge being the most recent of note.
Manager Aaron Boone is another.
Steinbrenner mentioned during a recent interview on the YES Network that he is open to extending Boone, whose one-year option for this season was picked up in November.
General manager Brian Cashman disclosed on Friday afternoon that something could get done in that regard before the end of spring training.
“I think so, yeah,” Cashman said during one of MLB’s media days that take place during spring training, this session at the Pirates’ LECOM Park.
The eighth-year manager said earlier this week that “nothing’s happened yet.”
Boone, hired to replace Joe Girardi after the 2017 season, has never truly been embraced by Yankees fans. He’s also never been in danger of losing his job as he has consistently been in the good graces of the club hierarchy — Steinbrenner and Cashman most significantly. Boone also has been overwhelmingly well-liked by his players, with Judge heading that list.
Boone has gone the longest (seven years) of any Yankees manager without a title but has been successful overall after taking the job with no previous coaching or managing experience.
He’s compiled a 603-429 record (.584) and has led the Yankees to six postseason appearances. Last season, he guided the club to the American League East title — with an AL-best 94-68 record — and its first World Series appearance since 2009.
“I know that if he wasn’t the Yankee manager, there’d be a feeding frenzy for him to be a manager that’s coveted elsewhere,” Cashman said. “Objectively, that’s how we see it, and we’re hopeful that we can find common ground to continue him leading our players from that dugout.”
Erik Boland started in Newsday's sports department in 2002. He covered high school and college sports, then shifted to the Jets beat. He has covered the Yankees since 2009.
