TAMPA — Manny Machado and Bryce Harper aren’t likely to enter the Yankees’ universe via free agency, but second-year manager Aaron Boone is hoping the 2019 version of the Yankees is superior to the 100-win season team of a year ago.
Asked Wednesday at George M. Steinbrenner Field if his Yankees were better than the club that finished eight lengths back of the AL East-wining Red Sox, Boone responded by saying, “I hope so’’ and credited general manager Brian Cashman for adding reinforcements to the team the Red Sox handled in the ALDS.
In a follow-up question about hoping today’s Yankees are better than the 2018 outfit, Boone understood where the club is in the process and that talk isn’t worth much.