Insider provides updates on future of Yankees' Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone

It sounds like New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner won't part ways with senior vice president and general manager Brian Cashman after this season.

Steinbrenner's feelings about manager Aaron Boone aren't as certain.

Yankees insider Bob Klapisch of NJ Advance Media reported Wednesday that "a source familiar with Hal Steinbrenner’s thinking says" that "the idea (of firing Cashman) isn’t even on the table" despite the club's position in the standings this summer. 

"It’s not up for discussion," that source added. 

Cashman signed a four-year contract with the Yankees that runs through the 2026 season this past December, shortly before the club held on to reigning American League Most Valuable Player Aaron Judge via a nine-year, $360M deal. As for Boone, he put pen to paper on a three-year contract that includes a club option for 2025 in October 2021 but isn't guaranteed a job with the Yankees beyond the end of the regular season. 

"Firing people is not in Hal’s nature," the source told Klapisch. "To this point, he’s been content to let Cashman make the decisions. He trusts him. And he happens to like Boone personally, too." 

It was suggested last month when Judge was sidelined with an injury to his big right toe that Steinbrenner could at least consider moving on from Boone if the Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time since the skipper took over following the 2017 season. Judge ultimately was out of the lineup from June 4 through July 27, and his return hasn't yet resulted in the Yankees catching fire and producing a noteworthy winning streak. 

New York began Wednesday sitting four-and-a-half games back in the race for a wild-card postseason berth. The Yankees were also only a half-game away from sharing last place in the division standings with the rival Boston Red Sox at that time. 

"A last-place finish in '23 would all but doom Boone," Klapisch explained. "...Steinbrenner likes Boone. The players like Boone, too. But the real jury will be the next 48 games. The clock is ticking."