NEW YORK – New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner surveyed current and former team players and support staff to determine whether Aaron Boone deserved to be back as manager next season.
“We finished the season above .500… It’s not an achievement, it’s a minimum,” Steinbrenner said Tuesday during a videoconference.
Boone succeeded Joe Girardi at the helm of the team heading into the 2018 season. The Yankees were knocked out of the playoff race in mid-August, and they finished the campaign with an 82 record. -80, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
“He is extremely intelligent. He works hard. The players respect him, Steinbrenner said. It is able to analyze all the information we provide it. »
Boone is entering the final year of his contract. Steinbrenner mentioned that he does not like to extend agreements hastily.
The Yankees fired hitting coach Dillon Lawson at the All-Star break and his successor, Sean Casey, stepped down at the end of the season.
Steinbrenner said the team is banking heavily on two former general managers who were hired during the offseason last year, Omar Minaya and Brian Sabean. Steinbrenner said he had a 40-page notebook full of notes following the end-of-season meetings, and he made no secret of the fact that some meetings were heated.
The Yankees hired Zelus Analytics to thoroughly review their ways of doing things.
2023-11-07 18:38:11
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