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.

The New York Yankees' loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series has stung a little more for manager Aaron Boone, who has been reminded about his team’s struggles for a good part of the offseason.