Yankees' Aaron Boone Hasn't Been Told If He's Returning for 2024 MLB Season

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Monday he hasn't received any confirmation from the organization about his status for the 2024 MLB season.

The Bronx Bombers are heading into their final home game of the year, which could be Boone's last appearance in the dugout at Yankee Stadium.

He signed an extension through 2024 with a club option for 2025, but New York's failure to qualify for the playoffs naturally leads many to wonder whether a managerial change is in store.

There's no question Yankees chairman Hal Steinbrenner is far less reactionary than his father.

Heads always rolled when then-owner George Steinbrenner perceived the team had fallen short of expectations in a given year. Boone symbolizes Hal's more careful approach, though some fans might prefer to use a different adjective.

USA Today's Bob Nightengale reported Sunday the 50-year-old is expected to return, and if that happens, it's unlikely to be a popular decision in the Big Apple.

Boone's 505-358 record through six years doesn't count for much when the playoffs is—at least among those outside the team—the barometer for success.

Joe Girardi had the 2009 World Series win to help extend his tenure longer than it probably should've gone. Boone, on the other hand, doesn't yet have even an American League pennant to his name.

Of course, blaming the manager for everything that has gone wrong would be unfair.

General manager Brian Cashman is the architect of a flawed roster. Not only are the Yankees signing the wrong veterans, but they're also failing to develop homegrown talent like they once did.

Cashman is also the common denominator behind the diminishing returns toward the end of Joe Torre's run along with the one World Series title across Girardi and Boone's combined spells.

And at the end of the day, everything flows down from ownership.

Steinbrenner has shown he's willing to settle for a level of relative mediocrity based on his occasional comments about the Yankees' payroll and his willingness to stick with Boone and Cashman to this point.

Declining to make a change at manager this offseason would reinforce that perception.