TAMPA – Aaron Boone isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
The Yankees signed Boone to a two-year contract extension through the 2027 season, the team announced Thursday.
While the organization has typically avoided extensions until a player or manager’s contract runs out — as Boone’s was set to after this season — Hal Steinbrenner made an exception for the manager he has repeatedly supported publicly.
Steinbrenner and general manager Brian Cashman had been working through a deal with Boone over the last few weeks before finalizing it Thursday.
After the Yankees reached the World Series in October, the Yankees picked up Boone’s option and then focused on roster construction during the offseason.
But Steinbrenner had recently said the Yankees would begin talks with Boone and it did not take long for a deal to get done.
“The reality is I’m so fired up to be here today and to get to work for this organization and for Hal that hopefully something does work out,” Boone said at the start of camp. “There’s no other place I’d rather be and no other team I’d rather be doing it with.”
The 51-year-old Boone has the backing of his clubhouse, led by captain Aaron Judge, with players appreciating his even-keel nature and constant public support of them through the ups and downs of a season.
“I know if he wasn’t the Yankee manager, it would be a feeding frenzy for him to be a manager that’s coveted elsewhere,” Cashman said last week. “Objectively, that’s how we see it. We’re hopeful we can find common ground to continue his leading our players from that dugout.”
