For the second straight season, the New York Yankees exited the postseason in the ALDS, and for the 17th straight season, they failed to win the World Series. The Yankees were swept in the Division Series by the AL East rival Tampa Bay Rays to extend their World Series drought to 17 years, tied for the longest in franchise history. Another long offseason is upon them.
Like every other team after their season ends, the Yankees will hold a press conference in the coming days to debrief and talk about the offseason ahead. General manager Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone will answer questions at that press conference and their futures will be a big topic. They always are, these are the Yankees, but this offseason more than most.
These are not George Steinbrenner's Yankees. These are Hal Steinbrenner's Yankees and Hal is much more patient and pragmatic than his father. He doesn't hire and fire coaches willy-nilly, he won't go on talk radio to call out his players, nothing like that.
That's for the best, honestly. George did more harm than good before Derek Jeter & Co. showed up in the late 1990s. That said, stability becomes stagnation at some point, and the Yankees are rapidly approaching that point, if they're not there already.
Their seasons tend to play out the same way: they win a lot early, swoon through the summer months, rally late in the season, beat up on a lesser team in the postseason, then get eliminated by a superior opponent, often with silly errors involved. When it happens once, well, that's baseball, Suzyn. When it happens every year -- seriously, this is an annual occurrence -- it points to a larger organizational issue, and Boone and Cashman are the public faces of the organization.
Is either in danger of being replaced this offseason? Contract status: Signed through 2027Manager since: 2018Hot seat: 🔥🔥🔥 You can maybe -- maybe -- talk me into Boone's seat being a 🔥🔥🔥🔥, but it is definitely not a 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Boone has the right people backing him, namely Cashman and Steinbrenner, plus his players love him.
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