Many of the question marks surrounding the Yankees going into next season deal with the players, but Yankee manager Joe Girardi‘s seat has been heating up for years. From a questionable move to sit Jacoby Ellsbury in the only Yankee playoff game in the last four years to only winning one championship in nine seasons, Girardi doesn’t have to look very far for his competition.
In 2007 while the organization looked for Joe Torre‘s replacement to serve as manager, not only was Tony Pena mentioned, he was interviewed. Yankee brass decided to go with Joe Girardi but apparently liked what they had in Pena keeping him on the coaching staff.