Yankees: 3 replacements for Aaron Boone in 2021

1. Buck Showalter

Yankees manager Buck Showalter just sounds right — after all, it fully happened already!

If you’ve found Buck Showalter’s honesty refreshing on the YES Network throughout this pandemic-shortened season, you’re certainly not alone.

Throughout his career, Showalter, an excellent evaluator of talent, has always been the bridesmaid rather than the bride. He piloted the Yankees pre-dynasty from 1992-1995, and was fired after the team’s demise in Seattle. He moved onto the Diamondbacks, building a 100-win season from scratch in the franchise’s second-ever campaign in 1999, before losing his gig to Bob Brenly prior to their 2001 World Series season.

After managing the offense-rich, pitching-dead Rangers, he built a culture of winning in one place where such a thing previously seemed impossible: Baltimore. He brought the O’s to the 2014 ALCS during a powerful run.

Showalter is everything the current Yankees administration is not, but he’s got the attitude that fans have been clamoring for. He’s the blustery Phil Nevin with the managerial acumen necessary to dig downtrodden franchises out of cultural black holes, and he’s never really been handed the keys to a metaphorical sports car before.

Will it happen? It likely will not. But we can dream, right? And Showalter’s been more heavily involved with the organization than ever before in 2020, dominating broadcasts with regularity. Can we at least advocate for a bench coach role?

Yankees: 3 Gary Sanchez trades that can clear path for JT Realmuto signing

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