As the manager of the New York Yankees, a target is always on your back. Aaron Boone knows that all too well, but he’s done quite well to manage those expectations, winning one AL pennant and reaching the ALCS on two other occasions in seven seasons. But that isn’t enough for starving, diehard fans who grew accustomed to sustained postseason success.
One year after the Yankees made the World Series, the team is far off pace from the season they had in 2024. They aren’t a bad team by any stretch of the imagination, but they have flaws that are being increasingly exposed. The day after a 1-4 loss to the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays, the mounting pressure seemed to finally break Boone during an interview with Jomboy Media.
Aaron Boone believes the media is unfairly treating Yankees players
Boone became upset with what he called “leading questions” by the media in general. He didn’t love what Jomboy himself did, though, accusing him of “cherrypicking” answers from Boone and the team’s players to fit a narrative.
Boone believes that the media’s “pestering” questions have the ability to distract the players, instead of them compartmentalizing and focusing on the task at hand.
Understand the pestering, bantering, leading questions that are being asked of our guys. And I don’t want them to just fly off the handle and be emotional. We’ve been pretty good over the years of compartmentalizing and dealing with the everyday grind of the regular season and playing in New York, and you start getting emotional and going down that road, it’s a bad trait.
The Yankees sit at 56-45 and are in the top wild card spot. Their +110 run differential is actually the second-best mark in all of MLB. But it’s clear that Boone is hearing the outside noise and it’s affecting him. If it affects the players, too, then the Yankees could be in trouble for the final postseason push.
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