{"id":78876,"date":"2025-08-16T22:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=78876"},"modified":"2025-08-16T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T22:15:35","slug":"yankees-brian-cashman-defends-aaron-boone-amid-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=78876","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Brian Cashman Defends Aaron Boone Amid Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2226488034_4176e6.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2226488034_4176e6.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2226488034_4176e6.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2226488034_4176e6.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees' Brian Cashman Defends Aaron Boone Amid Struggles\" width=\"780\" height=\"507\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Yankees fans have poured it on Aaron Boone amid the team&#8217;s recent struggles. But Brian Cashman is still supportive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fans of the New York Yankees are calling for Aaron Boone\u2019s job, but Boone\u2019s boss is still in the embattled Yankees manager\u2019s corner.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Brian Cashman gave Boone a vote of support Friday before New York\u2019s series against the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees once held a seven-game lead atop the American League East yet are in third place and 6.5 games back of the first-place Toronto Blue Jays and are clinging to the final American League wild-card spot.<\/p>\n<p>They hold a 1.5-game edge over the Cleveland Guardians for the last postseason berth after their 4-3 win over the Cardinals on Friday.<\/p>\n<h2>What Did Brian Cashman Say About Aaron Boone?<\/h2>\n<p>Cashman has been a member of the Yankees front office for three decades. He\u2019s been the general manager since 1998 and spent 12 years in arguably the most pressure-filled environment while working for George Steinbrenner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe market already provides instant accountability,\u201d Cashman said to The Athletic. \u201cIn many cases, today\u2019s world is so much different than maybe generations before. I think leaders, managers, coaches are more inclined to try to support and help players that are going through a lot as they try to navigate their struggles. Struggles are part of the game. It\u2019s just louder in a bigger market.<\/p>\n<p>But Cashman has marveled Boone\u2019s ability to keep saying the right thing and remaining positive\u00a0 amid struggles, especially since the Yankees have had slumps in each of the past four seasons and still have not won the World Series since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I couldn\u2019t do that. I probably would be creating more regretful comments along the way because from lack of sleep or getting provoked, it wouldn\u2019t take much,\u201d Cashman said. \u201cI think it takes a certain character and abilities to try to manage a group of 26 guys, especially in a big market, through difficult times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how any manager, let alone a manager in a big market like New York, speaking of Aaron Boone, I\u2019ve told him many times, how he does the pre- and postgame and navigates that on a daily basis, that\u2019s not easy. It takes a talent in its own right to try to walk through that without losing your cool or getting emotional. He has stayed level-headed and even-keeled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though not essential, especially these days, Boone\u2019s playing career \u2014 especially the ups and downs he had in New York \u2014 inform his approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knows how tough this sport is,\u201d Cashman said. \u201cHe\u2019s invested in these guys heavily, as we all are. Trying to explain away a difficult play or a bad performance for some time while the storm is upon us is not an easy task to navigate or deal with and remain cool, calm and collected. He\u2019s obviously done an amazing job of working through that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What Did Brian Cashman Say About The Rest of This Year?<\/h2>\n<p>The Yankees are 23-32 in their past 55 games, which marks 34 percent of the season. They\u2019ve lost 14.5 games to the Blue Jays over two-and-a-half months and 10-plus games to the Boston Red Sox in that span.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, even though New York is still clawing just to try and get back to the playoffs, Cashman said the team\u2019s goals of getting back to the World Series \u2014 where it fell in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers last year \u2014 is the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the defending American League champs trying to re-defend that,\u201d Cashman said. \u201cWe have a lot of time on the clock, but not enough time at the same time. I don\u2019t want to misrepresent (that) there\u2019s not urgency, because there is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pat Pickens is an experienced sports writer and media personality who has written for outlets like NHL.com, the Associated Press, the New York Times and USA Today. He covers the NFL, NBA, NHL and NBA as a breaking news contributor at Heavy. More about Pat Pickens<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees have been a sub-.500 team since early June, which has made fans more vocally opposed to manager Aaron Boone. 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