Aaron Boone is on verge of repeating obvious Yankees history with Paul Goldschmidt

Aaron Boone is working with a decimated Yankees roster right now, but that's nothing new for him. He's been the manager for nine years now and has seen it all. Missing Aaron Judge and/or Giancarlo Stanton is hardly unfamiliar territory. You'd think he'd be better equipped at deploying personnel during times like these as a result of the experience, but we are learning every day that's far from the case.

The first such discussion involves the usage of Anthony Volpe. But you can read more about that anywhere else. We're also just done with that conversation. The Yankees are allowing it to persist because they can't get out of their own way.

Something that's flown a bit under the radar has been Boone's usage of Paul Goldschmidt. The 38-year-old slugger was signed in the offseason to be a part-time platoon option with Ben Rice emerging as the first baseman of the future.

That was the case until injuries started to change the dynamic and Goldy became an everyday player. And it was going extremely well until June 26. Since that day, Goldschmidt is 0-for-30 with 12 strikeouts.

After playing in just 10 games over the first five weeks of the season, the veteran has seen action in 54 games since the start of May. He's largely been excellent over that stretch, but this current slump, which is threatening to be the worst of his career, will represent a lesson the Yankees clearly didn't learn last year.

Yankees getting smacked in the face with Paul Goldschmidt usage problem

In 2025, Goldy was playing at an MVP level for the first two months ... and then he completely fell off a cliff. He hit .356 with an .878 OPS in April and then .315 with a .904 OPS in May. Over his final 55 games, he hit .245 with a .631 OPS.

Yankees fans love Goldschmidt, so this is not critical of his abilities whatsoever. It's, once again, the Yankees' fault for not reading the room. A 38-year-old with maybe a year left in the tank should not be an everyday player, and the first sign of a slowdown should spring the manager into action to better the situation.

Not Boone, though. As we know, he runs players into the ground when they're slumping. Nobody gets a rest. It doesn't matter how bad it gets.

Some fans might offer a rebuttal here and ask "well, what other options does Boone have?" and the answer is simple. STOP playing him at first base! Rice should be playing there every chance he can possibly get if he's viewed as the option for 2027 and beyond! Goldy can relieve him a day or two per week, but not for 46 games so far. That's a ridiculous imbalance.

The other option? Just sit him! Why can't Amed Rosario DH against left-handers? Why can't Max Schuemann get more reps? At this point, it doesn't matter! The team sucks! But running Goldschmidt into the ground puts the team in great peril for down the stretch when he'll be needed greatly.

But this is the Aaron Boone experience. He saw a lane to play Goldschmidt as much as humanly possible and took it, which is what fans feared would happen this past offseason. Here we are, with the offense sputtering yet again, and it's going to have a long-term affect on everybody.

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