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Throughout Aaron Boone's tenure as manager of the New York Yankees, the organization, specifically general manager Brian Cashman and owner Hal Steinbrenner, has shown nothing but faith in him.
Boone is in his ninth year in New York and has led the Yankees to just one World Series appearance. Record-wise, his team is off to a fantastic start in 2026.
That gives the organization practically no incentive to make a change in the dugout. But baseball has its ebbs and flows, and the dynamic of the Yankees' season could be entirely different come September.
A recently fired manager could be Boone's replacement if things trend downward for the Yankees, or after the skipper's contract runs out following the 2027 season.
"The overwhelming majority of [Rob] Thomson's MLB career was spent with the Yankees," Bleacher Report's Adam Wells wrote Tuesday. "He coached in the organization for 28 seasons from 1990 to 2017, including the last 14 at the big-league level."
The Philadelphia Phillies fired Thomson on Tuesday after the NL East club began the season with a poor 9-19 record. As Wells noted, Thomson has a lengthy history with the Yankees.
New York is more than familiar with the 62-year-old but has already turned down the opportunity to have him as manager once before.
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"One reason the Yankees might not have as much allure for Thomson as that past resume suggests is he was bypassed for their managerial job after the 2017 season in favor of Aaron Boone, though there didn't appear to be any hard feelings on his end," Wells added.
For now, Boone's job is safe. The front office likes him. It appears the players like him, too. The end-of-year results are what could make conversations with Thomson a real possibility.
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