The Yankees picked up Aaron Boone’s 2025 membership possibility 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 aren’t any conversations with the Yankees about an extension that might maintain him within the Bronx past the 2025 season (video link via SNY). Boone additionally revealed that there shall be a minimum of one change to his teaching workers subsequent yr however wasn’t ready to publicly expose any names (also via SNY).
The 2024 season proved to be probably 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 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 up to now.
On the heels of that exhibiting, it appeared more and more seemingly that Boone would certainly stick round, be it merely through that membership possibility or on a brand new multi-year extension. It’s nonetheless potential the 2 sides come to phrases on a lengthier association, however the Yankees did let Boone play out your entire 2021 season as a “lame-duck” supervisor on a one-year cope with nothing assured past that individual season till late October.
Boone additionally touched on numerous offseason-centric subjects, although he usually supplied anticipated solutions. He confirmed that he’ll be in attendance for the upcoming meeting 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 curiously to Yankees followers, Boone was requested about infield prospect Chase Durbin and offered a glowing review, calling him a “stud” and noting that he expects the 24-year-old second baseman/third baseman to play a “huge” function on the 2025 membership. Including both a second baseman or third baseman has been anticipated so far, with Jazz Chisholm Jr. seemingly 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” expertise 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 before later. None of that precludes an infield acquisition within the subsequent few months, but it surely 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.
