Joe Girardi Won’t Return to New York Yankees for the Next Season

A new man will lead the New York Yankees next season, as the team decided they won't keep current manager Joe Girardi.

Joe Girardi with the Yankees in 2016. Photo by Erik Williams/CSM/REX/Shutterstock

The New York Yankees have announced on Thursday that their current manager Joe Girardi won’t return for the next season. The team confirmed this news on their official Twitter profile.

According to the ESPN’s sources, general manager Brian Cashman was the one to recommend the manager change to the Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner. Still, Cashman was full of respect for Girardi in his statement to the media.

I want to thank Joe for his 10 years of hard work and service to this organization,” Cashman said. “Everything this organization does is done with careful and thorough consideration, and we’ve decided to pursue alternatives for the managerial position. As Hal Steinbrenner and I mentioned to Joe directly this week, he has been a tremendous Yankee on the field and away from it, as a player, coach, and manager. He has a tireless work ethic, and put his heart into every game he managed over the last decade. He should take great pride in our accomplishments during his tenure, and I wish Joe and his family nothing but success and happiness in the future.

Joe Girardi served the final year of his 4-year, $16 million contract. This season, he lead the Yankees to the American League Championship Series, where they faced Houston Astros. In a 7 game series, Yankees narrowly missed out on participating in the World Series.
Girardi had a successful career as a baseball player, playing catcher for five teams winning the World Series three times with the Yankees. He began his managerial career with the Florida Marlins in 2006, leading the team to 78–84 record and winning the NL Manager of the Year award. Despite success, he was fired by the Marlins in the same year. Girardi became Yankees manager in 2008, and since then won one World Series and made the playoffs six times.

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