ORLANDO, Fla. – In Aaron Boone’s opinion, the 2025 Yankees had the most talented roster he has guided during his eight-year tenure as a big league manager. That’s particularly notable, considering they were the follow-up to a club that won the American League pennant .

It's also what made the ending sting so much after the Yankees' elimination in the AL Division Series , coming at the hands of the Blue Jays, a team they never solved. Yet Boone insists the gap between New York and Toronto is more narrow than many believe.

“We ended with identical records last year. I don’t want to discount that they kicked our [tails] last year; like, don’t take it out of context,” Boone said Monday at the Winter Meetings. “They obviously were a great team last year, and an eyelash away from winning

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