Yankees 2026 predictions: Boone’s contract, Judge’s ticking clock ... and more | Klapisch
The pressure on the Yankees' manager and captain will reach its peak this season.
I have a good friend who I consider the perfect Yankees barometer. He’s smart (a lawyer), but like most season ticket holders, my buddy is in a bad marriage with the Bombers. He’s slightly deranged about the team he loves.
He blames the current championship drought on the axis of evil. That means owner Hal Steinbrenner (“a lightweight”), general manager Brian Cashman (“incompetent”) and Aaron Boone (“can’t listen to another one of his post-game press conferences). ” “What if the Yankees finally win the World Series?
” I asked the other day. “Wouldn’t all be forgiven? ” “I’d enjoy the parade,” he answered.
“But I’d still want Boone fired three days later. ” That’s the harsh — not to mention unwarranted —climate around the Yankees as the season gets underway in San Francisco on Wednesday night. The Yankees broke camp loaded with talent and self-confidence, but the pressure on them is as high as it’s been since 2019.
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