Aaron Boone on Yankees future after describing season as tough year for me personally

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.At the end of what he described as a “tough year for me personally,” Aaron Boone indicated he still expects to be back for a ninth season as the Yankees manager.“I’m under contract, so I don’t expect anything,” Boone said after the Yankees lost to the Blue Jays 5-2 to drop the ALDS 3-1 on Wednesday night in The Bronx.In spring training this year, Boone signed a two-year contract extension that takes him through the 2027 season, which would be his 10th at the helm.

But he remains in search of bringing the organization its first championship since 2009, with the postseason heartbreaks piling up.“I know for me personally, I know for a lot of those guys, it also continues to ignite your fire to want to get back and play in these meaningful games and have a chance at glory,” Boone said.CHECK OUT THE LATEST BIG EAST STANDINGS AND ST.JOHN’S STATSThe Yankees started and finished the season strong, with a rough summer in between that took too long to snap out of.

Through it all, Boone’s players and GM Brian Cashman continued to back him, defending how he led them through the roller coaster of the season.“Just a hard year,” Boone said.“There were just some tough moments, but also like in a lot of ways very rewarding to go through some of the moments we went through in the middle of the season especially.“To see this kind of team come together in a really special way.

That is a tight knit — and I feel like we got so much better in the final couple months of the season.So it was more a very tough year on me, that’s all.

And it’s not about me, but that’s all I was saying.But also very rewarding to go through and see what these guys became.” Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+.

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