Yankees brass defend approach to player accountability after another playoff exit

Those searching for “red meat” from the Yankees will keep having to look elsewhere.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.That was largely the message from Aaron Boone, Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner on Wednesday when asked about the public perception — including from some of their former players and managers — that the Yankees have not held their players accountable enough if the same mistakes keep happening. “There’s the occasions where there’s a spot that requires you to call somebody out,” Boone said during a Zoom call.

“I know I get accused sometimes of being too positive in the media and I would say if you watched my post[game] press conferences this year, there were a lot of days where I was talking about our struggles.But does that mean I’m calling individuals out in a public way? “There is probably a time and place for that, but generally speaking, to me that’s not leadership.

That’s me giving red meat to people that want to be upset with somebody.To me, when we have issues as a club or with an individual player or something that popped up within a game, I address those things, we address those things man-to-man.

Sometimes if we have to address something within the group, we do that.I just don’t think it’s leadership coming up here and giving red meat to [people who] want to hear us beat down a player. “The accountability factor playing here [for the Yankees], I feel like, is very high.” The discussion of whether the Yankees are holding players accountable enough came after they were swept by the Rays in the ALDS.

The series featured a crucial baserunning blunder by Austin Wells in Game 1 and a horrific defensive performance in Game 2, including a bad decision by Jazz Chisholm Jr.(whose focus was in question at times throughout the year) to make a throw with his back turned to first base, which he insisted p...