Aaron Boone’s teaching workers can have a special look in 2026.
The Yankees have knowledgeable first-base coach Travis Chapman and bullpen coach Mike Harkey that they won’t return for the upcoming season, in line with a supply. The membership has not formally introduced the modifications.
Assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler could shift to a different position within the group, a supply stated. In the meantime, hitting coach James Rowson has been granted permission to interview for the Twins’ managerial emptiness.
Third-base coach Luis Rojas is now not beneath contract and has already interviewed for the Orioles’ supervisor job, in line with SNY’s Andy Martino.
Harkey was one of many Yankees’ longest-tenured coaches — the final remaining in-uniform hyperlink to the membership’s most up-to-date World Sequence championship in 2009. He served because the membership’s bullpen coach from 2008-13 and once more from 2016-25.
Chapman spent 13 seasons within the Yankees group, together with 4 on the Main League workers as first-base coach and infield coach. He additionally held the title of the group’s director of infield.
“The one factor I used to be saying was, ‘May we have now yelled louder when he will get into the hazard zone?’” Boone stated.
Bench coach Brad Ausmus is on an expiring contract. Pitching coach Matt Blake and catching coordinator Tanner Swanson have membership choices for the 2026 season.
