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By Aaliyan Mohammed
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The New York Yankees are in third place in the American League East entering play on Monday. They once had a comfortable division lead, but a 7-16 stretch has put them in a tough spot.
The Yankees' fall has led to plenty of finger-pointing in the media, and manager Aaron Boone is catching a lot of heat. Boone reportedly told the team it was still the best team in baseball after New York was swept by the Toronto Blue Jays last week.
"That we're the best team in the league," Jazz Chisholm Jr. said when asked what Boone told the team after the sweep, according to The Athletic's Chris Kirschner. "We knew we were going to hit a speed bump. Just block out the noise and go out there when we get back home in New York and do what we do."
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That comment about the Yankees being the best team in the league has caught a lot of attention. According to MLB insider Ken Rosenthal on "Foul Territory," the comment is reaffirming a perception that Boone "isn't tough enough" on his players." Rosenthal spoke on why firing Boone is not going to help the Yankees find a manager who is harder on the players.
"I want to focus on this today because when fans talk about getting a new manager, they say, 'We want a new manager. We want a more fiery manager.' Well, OK, but guess what? Those managers don't really exist anymore," Rosenthal said on "Foul Territory." "Think about this for a minute. Name a manager right now who holds players publicly accountable. I can't think of any who do that."
Rosenthal continued by explaining that managers who criticize players publicly lose the clubhouse. He went on to say that the Yankees fans would be just as disappointed by anyone the team brings to replace Boone.
He also noted that the best managers keep their teams going and playing hard, but that the Yankees have a "playing crisply" problem, citing their flaws in last year's World Series.
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