Aaron Boone sat down for the Q-and-A portion of his visit to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial & Museum on Friday night and within seconds, the manager was asked about the Yankees’ situation at third base.

The Yankees are still holding onto hope that DJ LeMahieu can reclaim his old form and lock down the starting third base job in 2025. But after two straight

Aaron Boone is headed into his eighth season as Yankees manager. He’s on track to enter the year in a lame duck capacity. The Yankees exercised their club option on Boone’s services in November. That’s the extent of their activity thus far, as Boone said a few days later that there’d been no talk about a long-term deal.

From Opening Day through August 16 — when Torres was reinserted back into the leadoff spot for the rest of the way — Yankees leadoff hitters had the second-worst on-base percentage of any team in baseball (.280). Their 81 wRC+ out of that spot of the order was the third-lowest mark in MLB.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone is heading into the last year of his contract. That may not be the case for much longer.

After all their offseason moves, what is the New York Yankees' Opening Day lineup projected to look like after the latest comments from manager Aaron Boone?