Insider shares 'one way' Yankees would fire Aaron Boone this offseason

MLB insider Andy Martino of SNY indicated that New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone will retain his job despite the club's woeful season. 

"...There is only one way Boone will be fired, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the Yankees' inner workings," Martino reported on Monday afternoon. "Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner would have to overrule (senior vice president and general manager) Brian Cashman and his baseball operations department. And that has never before happened with a managerial decision."

Boone signed a three-year contract that includes a club option for 2025 in October 2021 and guided the Yankees to the playoffs each year from 2018 through 2022. However, the last-place Bronx Bombers entered Monday at 62-68 and sitting a whopping 11 games back in the race for a wild-card postseason berth. 

It was reported earlier this month that Steinbrenner possibly parting ways with Cashman "isn’t even on the table" and is "not up for discussion." That same story suggested that a last-place finish "would all but doom Boone" as it pertains to his job, but Martino noted Monday that "there has been no chatter within Cashman’s baseball group" about firing the skipper. 

"Boone is an asset, not part of the problem," a high-ranking Yankees official told Martino.

As for Cashman, he put pen to paper on a four-year contract with the Yankees that runs through the 2026 season this past December. Martino made it known that angry fans shouldn't expect Steinbrenner to move on from Cashman anytime soon. 

"Neither Cashman nor his program is going anywhere, unless he volunteers to step aside to save Steinbrenner from further 'Fire Cashman' banners and tweets," Martino explained. "And even if he did that, the guess here is that Steinbrenner would try to talk him out of it." 

Yankees players such as All-Star slugger Aaron Judge and infielder DJ LeMahieu recently voiced their support for Boone. For better or for worse, it seems Cashman also has Boone's back.