Hal Steinbrenner continues to back "good manager" Aaron Boone -- and so did those around him.
During a long, wide-ranging Zoom news conference with reporters on Tuesday, the Yankees chairman and managing general partner covered a host of topics, including the team's decision to retain its manager.
"Obviously the first question that I asked [this offseason] obviously had to do with should Aaron Boone be our manager next year. I believe based on a lot of things that he's a good manager, but I didn't want to take my opinion this time around," Steinbrenner explained. "I wanted to talk to a number of people, which I did."
During those talks, Steinbrenner said he spoke with current players and former players -- including Andy Pettitte and Nick Swisher -- the latter of whom spent a lot of time in the clubhouse this past season.
Additionally, Steinbrenner solicited the opinion of front office members including Brian Sabean and Omar Minaya.
"They all came to the same conclusion, which is Aaron is a good manager and he should be our manager in 2024," Steinbrenner said.
Steinbrenner also pushed back on the idea that Boone is simply a button-pusher executing strategy at the behest of the front office and analytics department.
"One of the misconceptions that's out there, because I hear it from a lot of people, is that Boone makes every decision during a game based on analytics," he said. "That's just not true.
"Analytics gives Boone and the coaches a lot of the information -- so do the pro scouts. It's up to Boone during the game, when he puts the lineup together and everything after, what he wants to do with that information.