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Aaron Boone Explains Why These Yankees Are Better Than Last Year's

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Boone says Jazz Chisholm changed the Yankees’ season in Boston and Philadelphia after the 2024 trade deadline.

1. The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman centers on Aaron Boone and the Yankees’ 2025 outlook. 2. Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman host Boone, who manages the New York Yankees and is responsible for explaining the roster plan. 3. The episode asks whether the Yankees are better than last year and whether their offseason changes actually improved the team. 4. Boone says he felt “very strong” about last year’s Yankees and still believes the club could have made a run if Garrett Cole had been healthy. 5. He says the Yankees brought back “a lot of players that we believe in” and added players at the deadline who now have bigger roles. 6. Boone says the biggest reason for optimism is “potential pitching depth” and the possibility that the rotation changes by summer. 7. He names Garrett Cole, Carlos Rodón, Cam Schlittler, Ryan Weathers, and Luis Gil as parts of that pitching picture. 8. Boone says Cole’s Tommy John rehab has gone well and says, “I’d place my bets on Garrett Cole all day long.” 9. He says Rodón is throwing bullpen sessions and that Schlittler’s live batting practice looked like “big honcho righty starting pitchers.” 10. Boone also says Weathers “could really emerge into something” and that the Yankees want competition for both the rotation and bullpen. 11. Boone rejects the “same team” complaint by saying free agents are no longer on the roster once they leave. 12. He points out that the Yankees won 94 games last season and says February 3 is too early to call the club a finished product. 13. He says Aaron Judge has been in Tampa for a long time and that about 90% of the team is already down there early in camp. 14. Boone says that early turnout helps the Yankees’ player-development, training, strength, and pitching staffs build programs and monitor progress. 15. He says Anthony Volpe is still a talented player, but his offense has had “a lot of valleys” and his shoulder rehab has kept him from hitting yet. 16. Boone compares Volpe’s track to Trent Grisham’s, using Grisham as an example of a first-round pick who finally “got a little bit unlocked” offensively. 17. Boone says Jazz Chisholm arrived at the deadline in 2024 and changed the Yankees during a stretch when they were “scuffling.” 18. He describes Chisholm’s impact in Boston and Philadelphia and says Chisholm’s 30-30 season came while he was also playing third base. 19. The interview sounds direct and evaluative, with Boone answering roster questions, injury updates, and role questions in a matter-of-fact way. 20. Yankees fans who follow roster construction, pitching depth, and player development will get the most from it, while listeners wanting broad MLB chatter may skip it.

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A measured February check-in on how the Yankees are framing another run.

The conversation works because the hosts keep Aaron Boone on a question Yankees followers know well: why this club can still make a run after last season ended in an ouster.

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