3 MLB managers on the hot seat one month into 2023

Aaron Boone, New York Yankees

It’s highly unlikely that GM Brian Cashman does this, but it makes you wonder how Aaron Boone has survived the last couple of seasons. The Yankees have not been in a World Series since 2009 and have been to just two American League Championship Series under Boone in the last five seasons.

Last season, the Yankees had a fast start to the season that allowed them to win 99 games. However, despite their successful regular season, they sputtered once again in the playoffs at the hands of their playoff nemesis, the Houston Astros. This season, they are one month into the season and they already are buried near the bottom of the AL East standings just ahead of the Boston Red Sox and way behind the Rays.

Gerrit Cole has been very good this season on the mound for Boone and Nestor Cortes was good until his start Tuesday night against the Minnesota Twins. Offensively, they are putting up runs, but their pitching has let them down, including the bullpen. These are the New York Yankees, an organization that prides itself on championships and they don’t have one since 2009. They also don’t have a World Series appearance since then. It makes you wonder how much longer of a leash the front office will give Boone.

It’s only a matter of time before a manager loses their job in a dugout and a lot of the time, it’s necessarily their fault. They are the ones who take the fall for an underachieving team or he is not the manager hired by the current leaders in the front office. Last season, four managers were cut loose during the season and it’s a safe bet that it’s only a matter of time before it happens in 2023.