""A month after the Yankees' playoff exit, which was accompanied by the analytics-driven rip job by Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, that puppet-strings narrative continues to linger in the Bronx, like some foul-smelling odor. It surfaced again this past week, as GM Brian Cashman was asked about Aaron Boone's claim, during the manager's regular spot on the \"Talkin' Yanks\" podcast, that the Yankees are \"probably the least analytical in-game team there is.\"""
""I don't get where that all comes from," Boone said. "I don't understand that part of it, and I don't understand the analytic attachment that gets attached to the Yankees over a lot of clubs. "Because I think if you look at the American League East, the way, for example, I run a game -- I'm not even saying it's good or bad -- but we're probably the least-analytical in-game team there is. And I'm positive of that.""
A month after the Yankees' playoff exit, an analytics-driven "puppet-strings" narrative lingers in the Bronx following commentary from Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. The narrative resurfaced when GM Brian Cashman was asked about Aaron Boone's claim on the "Talkin' Yanks" podcast that the Yankees are "probably the least analytical in-game team there is." Boone pushed back, saying he does not understand where the narrative comes from and criticizing the analytic attachment labeled to the club. Boone will enter his ninth year managing a high-payroll roster, a context that shapes perceptions of front-office influence.
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