Manager Aaron Boone has addressed his return to the New York Yankees for at least the start of the 2023 season.
“Well, I don’t know,” Boone said during a Thursday appearance on “The Michael Kay Show” when asked if he was worried he could be fired following the American League Championship Series sweep at the hands of the Houston Astros, per Garrett Stepien of SNY.
“I really don’t (worry about that stuff),” Boone explained. “Obviously, last year, when my contract was up — obviously, that was speculated on a lot and I didn’t even worry about it then. It’s like, ‘If it works out and we come together and work out a deal, great.’ We were able to do that. So I think, finishing this year, I didn’t look at it like that. I look at it as, ‘I’ve got a few years left on my contract, and the goal doesn’t stop.'”
Boone signed a three-year contract that includes a club option for 2025 in October 2021. Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said last week Boone would remain his manager through the upcoming offseason.
“Even though there’s the disappointment and the finality of this season, you’ve also got to pick yourself off the mat and understand that now starts the building toward next year and trying to get to this point and ultimately push through,” Boone continued on Thursday. “That’s what you continue to work for and that’s what you focus on. You don’t really worry about the — I guess the — job security. You understand that comes with the territory. And you certainly understand that when you sign up in this profession or this role.
“This is — it goes with it. And I understand the disappointment of not reaching our ultimate goal — here, probably more than anywhere else, where that is the expectation — but at the same time, I wouldn’t want it any other way because it matters here and you want to be part of something and doing something that matters to a lot of people.”
Boone has gone 427-281 across five regular seasons with the Yankees but is 14-17 in postseason play. As an organization, the Bronx Bombers haven’t appeared in a World Series since the fall of 2009.
Sports radio legend Mike Francesa was among those who called for the Yankees to make “wholesale changes” after the ALCS debacle. Boone said Thursday he hadn’t “specifically” heard such chatter.
“I understand there’s the frustration out there and, whatever, people are upset — I understand that, I respect that passion, and it’s part of the great thing about being part of this organization that so many people are passionate and care about it,” Boone added.
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