The Yankees picked up Aaron Boone’s 2025 membership possibility final week, making certain 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 instructed the Yankees beat this morning that as of this second, there are not any conversations with the Yankees about an extension that might maintain him within the Bronx past the 2025 season (video hyperlink by way of SNY). Boone additionally revealed that there shall be not less than one change to his teaching workers subsequent 12 months however wasn’t ready to publicly expose any names (additionally by way of SNY).
The 2024 season proved to be essentially the most profitable underneath Boone, whose membership reached the World Collection for the primary time since 2009, albeit in what proved to be a dropping effort to the Dodgers. The Yankees’ 94 wins through the common season have 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 possible that Boone would certainly stick round, be it merely by way of that membership possibility 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 all the 2021 season as a “lame-duck” supervisor on a one-year take care of nothing assured past that exact season till late October.
Boone additionally touched on a variety of offseason-centric matters, although he usually 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 usually 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 evaluation, calling him a “stud” and noting that he expects the 24-year-old second baseman/third baseman to play a “large” position on the 2025 membership. Including both a second baseman or third baseman has been anticipated up to now, with Jazz Chisholm Jr. possible 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 skill 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 probabilities of serving to the large league membership ahead of later. None of that precludes an infield acquisition within the subsequent few months, nevertheless it does make it a digital certainty that Durbin shall be chosen to the 40-man roster earlier than subsequent week’s Rule 5 safety deadline.
