Aaron Boone sat down for the Q-and-A portion of his visit to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial & Museum on Friday night and within seconds, the manager was asked about the Yankees’ situation at third base.

The New York Yankees occupy center stage in major league baseball news as a large number of exciting developments surround their operations. The post Aaron Boone Cornered by Yankees Fandom After Controversial Statement About $90 Million Underperforming Veteran appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Christopher Hennessy is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints, with additional expertise in the NHL and golf. He graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022, and he has work experience at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders reporter.

From Opening Day through August 16 — when Torres was reinserted back into the leadoff spot for the rest of the way — Yankees leadoff hitters had the second-worst on-base percentage of any team in baseball (.280). Their 81 wRC+ out of that spot of the order was the third-lowest mark in MLB.

Boone led the Yankees to the American League pennant last season but is entering the final year of his contract

Aaron Boone is headed into his eighth season as Yankees manager. He’s on track to enter the year in a lame duck capacity. The Yankees exercised their club option on Boone’s services in November. That’s the extent of their activity thus far, as Boone said a few days later that there’d been no talk about a long-term deal.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone is heading into the last year of his contract. That may not be the case for much longer.

After all their offseason moves, what is the New York Yankees' Opening Day lineup projected to look like after the latest comments from manager Aaron Boone?