Aaron Boone recently met with Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner to talk state of team, prospects – The Denver Post

With the Yankees in the midst of a seven-game losing streak, Aaron Boone said Sunday that he met with Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner a couple of days ago.

The three discussed individual players and the state of the team. Entering Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox, the Yankees were three games under .500 and eight games out of the last wild card spot with 39 games left in the season.

“We understand we’re in a tough spot and it’s not going well,” Boone said. “We’re in the business of trying to fix it and trying to [ask], ‘What are the best moves moving forward for us to try and get us on track?’”

Boone added that he checks in with Cashman daily and that he meets with Steinbrenner “fairly regularly throughout the year” whether things are going well or poorly.

Lately, things have gone poorly. Which is why prospects have also come up in these conversations between the three. Boone said “it’s possible” the team promotes some farmhands before Sept. 1, which is when rosters expand, and that there would likely be more discussions about that on Sunday.

Outfielder Everson Pereira, infielder Oswald Peraza and catcher Austin Wells figure to be the first in line if the Yankees start turning to youngsters.

“Anything’s on the table right now,” Boone said.

ONE YEAR LATER

Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of Boone forcefully slamming his hand on a table during a press conference. At the time, the Yankees were in first place. But they were also 12-25 over their last 37 games and they had scored just 21 runs in their last 11 games.

“It’s right in front of us,” Boone said in anger. He also said, “We got the dudes in there to do it,” “We gotta do better,” and “We get to write the script.”

Those quotes should sound familiar. Boone has repeated them — or some variation of the lines — throughout this far-worse season. Much like Boone and his words, little has changed with the Yankees’ performance since that fiery presser.

Entering Sunday, the Yankees were 86-79 since then, and that’s not including the 2022 playoffs, which saw the Astros sweep the Yankees in the ALCS. The Yankees, who ran it back with a very similar team this season, were also 110-110 in their last 220 games.

So when Boone continues to say things about the 2023 Yankees that insist a turnaround is coming, it’s hard to ignore the ever-growing, contradicting sample size.

STANTON SITS

Giancarlo Stanton was not in the Yankees’ starting lineup on Sunday after he went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and walk in Saturday’s loss to Boston.

Stanton, who missed a chunk of the season with a hamstring strain, began the day hitting .199/.282/.436 with 18 home runs and 45 RBI. He has shown glimpses of getting hot at the plate, but the streaky hitter as yet to truly surge this season.

“Yeah, not sure,” Boone said when asked why Stanton hasn’t gone on a crazy run yet. “There was about a month there were it was pretty good and you’re kind of waiting for it to even go to that next level. And then the last couple of days, he’s been just in and out of that timing a little bit. That always is the thing with every hitter, but especially with Big G.”

Stanton entered Sunday 2-for-21 (.095) with one double, one RBI, six walks and 12 strikeouts in his last seven game.

LITTLE LEAGUE CLASSIC

The Yankees will play the Tigers in the 2024 Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa., Major League Baseball announced Sunday. Detroit will serve as the home team for the Aug. 18 contest at Muncy Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field.

In accordance with tradition, Yankees and Tigers will attend Little League World Series games earlier in the day.

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