Ownership and Brian Cashman have spoken and the winner of the Yankee managerial sweepstakes is Aaron Boone.  SU can live with that.  OK, he has zero managerial experience and as far as I know, does not speak Spanish or Japanese.  But clearly Cashman values having a younger manager who has been around the game his whole life.  It’s his choice, the team is ready to win now and the pressure and spotlight will all be on Boone in 2018.  Welcome to New York.

So, who will be the bench coach?  Interesting quote here from Brian Cashman regarding his interactions with A-Rod:  “I reached out to Alex a number of times, ‘Hey, what do you got?’ I looked for a lot of guidance from a lot of people that I have a lot of respect for, and Alex knows baseball as well as anybody” Cashman said. “He never expressed interest in any way, shape or form in it. I engaged him, but — I don’t want to speak for him — but I don’t think he has any interest in that position.”

He has no interest in managing but what about being the bench coach?  SU says he would be the ideal choice.  Lives and breathes baseball, is very analytical and just enjoys the game.  It would certainly make it more entertaining!  But having him as the #2 guy would probably not work – he would be too forthcoming and compete for the spotlight.  Maybe David Cone?  Larry Rothschild is coming back as the pitching coach and Rob Thomson has already accepted the bench coach role with the Phillies.  SU hopes Boone picks someone younger or maybe this is where the Spanish/Japanese speaking part comes in.  Tony Pena could do it although he is the 1st base coach.

If Cashman really wants to be gound breaking, why not put the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball analyst in there – Jessica Mendoza?  If you watched any of the broadcasts, she was much more insightful than Boone, and her predictions of what would happen were much more accurate than his.  SU says push the envelope and really shake things up.  Btw, that is the one thing SU is a bit leery about.  I never thought Boone had much to say of interest on those broadcasts.  I actually do not think he is especially analytical.  His strength had better be in the clubhouse talking to the players and giving out those big hugs.

Did you see that Derek Jeter fired one of the Marlins’ scouts while the guy was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery?

https://nypost.com/2017/12/01/derek-jeter-fires-marlins-scout-who-has-cancer-and-needs-kidney/

The question is why do you think Jeter is qualified for this job?  A-Rod is better suited to be a manager than Jeter is to be the quasi-team president/GM.  Not sure this ends well for Jeter.