C-Mac has long defended Aaron Boone as a manager, particularly when it comes to fans consistently screaming for him to be fired, but as the Yankees continue to slide, Boone’s temperament is starting to become bothersome.
“I don’t think he’s a terrible in-game manager…but where I stop the defense, and even I have to get freaking annoyed…this is now a track record, proven thing,” C-Mac said. “Whatever Boone is doing, it’s not working when it comes to showing respect to the manager and the game of baseball.”
C-Mac has had enough of the mental mistakes and lack of hustle from the Yankees of late, including Trent Grisham lazily coming in on a single to shallow center that allowed an extra base against the Reds on Thursday, and more lack of hustle in the series loss against the Red Sox.
“The reaction to that was ridiculous from Aaron Boone,” C-Mac said of Grisham’s blunder. “And then I have to watch DJ LeMahieu not hustle out of the box against the Red Sox when he’s batting under .200!
“The manager has no answers. None…the lackadaisical play that is dragging this team now, I don’t know if the answer is to call them out publicly. It’s worth a try! I don’t know what the answer is, but what I do know is that Boone doesn’t have it.”
C-Mac says there needs to be a reignited sense of urgency from the Yanks, but he isn’t sure if the manager is capable of providing that, and that is a problem.
“I’m not gonna sit here and call for his job, but what I will say is enough is enough,” C-Mac said. “If these guys respect them as much as we hear, and if Judge is gonna talk about him as glowingly as he does…well, your play is gonna get him fired. Because the ugency, the fire, anything resembling a winning team, has completely evaporated, and I can’t figure out why.”