Reports: Aaron Boone to return as Yankees manager

By Field Level Media Oct 19 (Field Level Media) The New York Yankees are bringing back Aaron Boone for his 10th season as manager, multiple media outlets reported Monday. Boone, ​53, will enter the final season of a two-year, $10.5 ‌million extension he signed in February 2025. Hired to replace Joe Girardi in December 2017, Boone holds a 790-565 regular-season record. The Yankees have reached the postseason in eight of his nine seasons, but have been eliminated in ‌the ​American League Division Series in each of ⁠the past two years and ⁠have reached the World Series just once. New York lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games in 2024 and has gone 13 consecutive postseason appearances without a title, ​the fourth-longest such drought in postseason history. The Yankees 17-year title drought is the second-longest in franchise history. Boone s regular-season winning ⁠percentage of .583 ranks among the best ⁠in major league history, while the Yankees have finished ​above .500 in eac