Brian Cashman has agreed to a new contract to remain as the Yankees general manager, he said during a press conference on Wednesday. The deal is not official, as it is pending final language. Terms have not yet been disclosed.
"We're locked and loaded,” Cashman said.
Cashman’s current contract was set to expire at the end of October, but he’ll now stick around for his 30th season at the helm of the Yankees’ baseball operations. New York has won four World Series titles with Cashman in place: a three-peat from 1998-2000 and in 2009.
The 2026 Yankees reached the postseason for the third consecutive season and ninth time in 10 years, but they were eliminated in the American League Division Series by the division-rival Rays. New York played most of the year without three-time MVP Aaron Judge, who was hampered by rib and calf injuries.
Looking ahead to 2027, the Yankees have confirmed manager Aaron Boone will return for a 10th season, the final year of his current contract. Though the Yankees have made the playoffs in all but one of those seasons, they’ve made the World Series just once in 2024. That prompted Judge to urge the front office to go “all-in” with the roster.
“We’re the Yankees,” Judge said after the club’s 4-3 loss to the Rays in Game 3 of the ALDS. “I feel like they should go all in and do what they need to do and find. If we’ve got holes, if it’s finding certain players or personnel, whatever we need, you’ve got to go out there and get it.”
Cashman will continue to oversee that push, though it’s undetermined what their offseason plans will look like. Managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said Wednesday he thought the 2026 Yankees roster was as good as any entering Spring Training.
“We had a lot of bumps and bruises along the way,” Steinbrenner said, “but the team was fantastic, and it was a world championship-caliber team.”