The Yankees picked up Aaron Boone’s 2025 membership choice final week, guaranteeing that he’d be again on the helm for an eighth season, however there’s nonetheless no certainty in place past what’s now successfully a one-year pact. Boone informed the Yankees beat this morning that as of this second, there are not any conversations with the Yankees about an extension that may preserve him within the Bronx past the 2025 season (video hyperlink by way of SNY). Boone additionally revealed that there can be a minimum of one change to his teaching workers subsequent yr however wasn’t ready to publicly disclose any names (additionally by way of SNY).
The 2024 season proved to be probably the most profitable below Boone, whose membership reached the World Collection for the primary time since 2009, albeit in what proved to be a shedding effort to the Dodgers. The Yankees’ 94 wins in the course of the common season had been solely Boone’s fourth-highest complete in a single season, however he’d by no means skilled a playoff run of this magnitude previously.
On the heels of that displaying, it appeared more and more doubtless that Boone would certainly stick round, be it merely by way of that membership choice or on a brand new multi-year extension. It’s nonetheless attainable the 2 sides come to phrases on a lengthier association, however the Yankees did let Boone play out the complete 2021 season as a “lame-duck” supervisor on a one-year take care of nothing assured past that individual season till late October.
Boone additionally touched on quite a lot of offseason-centric matters, although he typically supplied anticipated solutions. He confirmed that he’ll be in attendance for the upcoming assembly between proprietor Hal Steinbrenner, Juan Soto and agent Scott Boras. Boone spoke typically of his hopes to be a participant out there for star Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki however provided little past praising the 23-year-old as a particular and gifted expertise whom the group has been scouting for years.
Maybe most apparently to Yankees followers, Boone was requested about infield prospect Chase Durbin and provided a glowing overview, calling him a “stud” and noting that he expects the 24-year-old second baseman/third baseman to play a “massive” position on the 2025 membership. Including both a second baseman or third baseman has been anticipated so far, with Jazz Chisholm Jr. doubtless slotting in on the different place.
It appears unlikely the Yankees would hand the opposite spot proper to Durbin, however he’s coming off a 2024 season throughout which he slashed .287/.396/.471 with extra walks (12.5%) than strikeouts (9.9%) in 375 Triple-A plate appearances. The previous 14th-rounder, who got here to the Yankees from the Braves in 2022’s Lucas Luetge commerce, additionally smacked 10 homers and swiped 31 bases in simply 82 video games with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Boone touted Durbin’s “nice bat-to-ball” abilities and “elite capability on the bases” and famous that the membership has been working to enhance his versatility with reps at second base, shortstop, third base and within the outfield as a result of the group is bullish on Durbin’s possibilities of serving to the massive league membership earlier than later. None of that precludes an infield acquisition within the subsequent few months, however it does make it a digital certainty that Durbin can be chosen to the 40-man roster earlier than subsequent week’s Rule 5 safety deadline.
