Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner questioned current and former players along with staff on whether to keep Aaron Boone before deciding the New York manager will return next year.
“We had a winning season. … That’s not an accomplishment, that’s a requirement,” Steinbrenner said Tuesday during an online news conference.
Boone replaced Joe Girardi before the 2018 season. New York faded from contention by mid-August and finished 82-80, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2016.Aaron Boone said he has not been told he is coming back next season, as the Yankees head into the offseason without a postseason appearance for the first time since 2016.
Boone is under contract through next season and the Yankees haven’t fired a manager in the middle of a deal since Stump Merrill was fired following the 1991 season during George Steinbrenner’s suspension and replaced by Buck Showalter.
