Brian Cashman backs ‘exceptional’ Aaron Boone after World Series moves backfired

SAN ANTONIO — Several of Aaron Boone’s postseason decisions backfired, but it’s improbable that will forestall nan Yankees from picking up his 2025 action to return arsenic manager. 

On Tuesday, wide head Brian Cashman defended Boone’s handling of nan squad successful nan postseason, which ended pinch a nonaccomplishment to nan Dodgers successful Game 5 of nan World Series. 

“The manager’s occupation is truthful intolerable that you tin play nan crippled of second-guessing because you are either going to make a move and it will beryllium correct aliases make a move and it will beryllium incorrect and past person astatine it, right?” Cashman said astatine nan GM meetings. “I deliberation he’s a really bully manager.

“We’re fortunate to person him, he’s done a awesome job. It’s a very difficult occupation to do and it gets harder successful nan postseason, because immoderate you do either useful aliases it doesn’t and location is nary grey area.” 

Most notably, Boone summoned Nestor Cortes (who hadn’t sounded successful 5 weeks) for nan 10th inning successful Game 1 of nan World Series.

The lefty intentionally walked Mookie Betts to load nan bases earlier Freddie Freeman blasted a walk-off expansive slam. 

“Nestor belonged connected that roster and he was location for a logic for definite matchups,” Cashman said. “And past managers, whether it’s Aaron Boone aliases anybody other connected different teams, they person decisions that are either going to beryllium viewed astatine nan extremity pinch nan results, which is it either worked and you are smart aliases it didn’t activity and you unrecorded pinch nan rebrand. 

“I support Aaron Boone pinch each determination he made, each measurement of nan way, nan measurement he managed nan postseason for america was exceptional. Clearly nan Nestor business didn’t activity retired connected that peculiar time for us, but that is conscionable nan quality of nan beast.” 

Cashman said squad brass will talk Boone’s early by this weekend.

Among nan possibilities is nan Yankees will prime up Boone’s action and widen his contract. 

“I’m a large Aaron Boone fan,” Cashman said. “Let’s spell locomotion done nan process and person nan conversations that haven’t been had pinch nan group supra me.”