Throughout an look on FS1’s “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” program, New York Yankees legend Derek Jeter was requested if supervisor Aaron Boone being a “little (too) buddy-buddy with gamers” is accountable for the membership’s summer season swoon.
“I wouldn’t essentially purchase that,” Jeter responded, as shared by Jimmy Hascup of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. “You must be a gamers’ supervisor to achieve success, particularly nowadays. The beauty of Aaron: Aaron performed the sport. He understands that you simply’re going to have struggles all through the course of a six-month season. You play 162 video games and also you’re going to battle. I believe he’s performed a fantastic job. In the end, it falls on the gamers. These are those which can be on the sector, taking part in the video games, really.”
Boone guided the Yankees to the playoffs every year from 2018 by 2022 earlier than the 2023 version of the membership missed the postseason and completed with an general file of 82-80. Gamers akin to All-Star slugger and crew captain Aaron Choose backed Boone final fall, and the Yankees ended June 14 of this yr at 50-22.
Nonetheless, the Bronx Bombers cooled off amid the summer season warmth en path to limping into the All-Star break at 58-40. The 58-38 Baltimore Orioles ended Sunday’s MLB motion sitting atop the American League East standings.
“However I might say I haven’t paid a lot consideration to the criticism, and criticism is a part of taking part in in New York, particularly when the expectation stage is the place it’s,” Jeter added about some Yankees followers calling for crew proprietor Hal Steinbrenner to fireplace Boone. “But when he’s getting closely criticized, I believe it’s a bit unfair as a result of in the end the gamers are those that play.”
Boone is within the final assured yr of a contract that contains a membership choice for 2025, and there is no indication forward of the All-Star Sport that he is in peril of dropping his job earlier than the season involves an finish. Yankees gamers akin to Choose will look to silence chatter relating to Boone’s quick future when New York opens a four-game dwelling collection versus the Tampa Bay Rays (48-48) on Friday.
