Under Boone, the Yankees’ lows are very low and they drag on.

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1. Hallmarks of Aaron Boone’s teams are laziness, poor fundamentals, players under performing, and players regressing. We have seen everything this season.

   We have all seen Gary Sanchez, Greg Bird, Miguel Andujar, Clint Frazier and Oswald Peraza (and now maybe Anthony Volpe) regress under Boone and his staff.

   Joe Girardi squeezed more wins out of less talented teams during Brian Cashman’s reign (so let’s not just point the finger at Cashman). The 2013 Yankees HAD NO BUSINESS being in the playoff conversation in September 2013. Lyle Overbay and washed-up Vernon Wells saw significant playing time! But the 2013 Yankees had a fighting chance under Girardi, and probably would have made the playoffs with today’s format.

   Meanwhile, the 2024 Yankees have arguably the best player in MLB and are nosediving. Again.

   Boone is not the right manager for this team.

2. When the Yankees are flying high, Boone is a perfect manager to keep the vibes up, but when they’re bad, Boone has absolutely no idea how to snap them out of it. 

3. It’s not fair to the next manager to replace Boone but also not replace Cashman as well. Boone has failed to reach or even improve upon the same outcome that was achieved by the previous manager the season before he joined. The failure of this team over these past several years now is not the managers fault. This team is built in a very flawed way.

   What I do hold Boone accountable for is the laziness displayed by players on this team. Not just the fact that it happens but often it happens. The other issue is just how often players underperform. Instead of getting the most out of his players he seems to get some of the worst seasons of their careers out of them. We haver several players on this team having some of their worst seasons ever all at the same time.

4. The numbers don’t lie. I would take Girardi back in a heartbeat.

5. Fire Cashman, Fire Boone.

6. I would start by firing Boone and re-hire Girardi as the manager for the rest of the year. If that doesn’t work, fire Cashman.

7. I was reliably told by u/ejfellner that Boone can do absolutely nothing to stop this, and it is strictly and 100% on the players for hitting poorly, though I suppose this has been true for the past 5 years then?

8. I don’t think Boone is a bad manager, and I also don’t think managers have that big of an impact on team performance. That’s especially the case in modern baseball when front offices have been expanded into the club house.

   Having said that, I do think there’s something inherently wrong with the culture since 2018, which stems down from Cashman. Cashman isn’t being fired, so the next best option is Boone. At the very least, that would point to the failures being a front office issue and not a managerial one. Tough break for Boone, but that’s what happens when you’re hired as a front office mouthpiece.

9. So, it is even worse than 2022 in terms of highs to lows.