Red Sox' Alex Cora on Yankees manager Aaron Boone’s extension: ‘Awesome’

Red Sox manager Alex Cora signed a three-year contract extension last July.

His good friend Aaron Boone signed his own extension Thursday, a two-year deal.

Alex Cora and Aaron Boone are close friends. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)MLB Photos via Getty Images

It’s essentially a three-year contract because it is two years added onto his current deal. So he’s signed through the 2027 season.

“Awesome. Good for him,” Cora said Thursday at JetBlue Park. “It’s a guy that since he got into the league (as a manager), they’ve been in the playoffs all the time. He works in the second toughest market as far as the media in the big leagues. I’m excited for him.”

Boone has a 603-429 record (.584 winning percentage) since taking over as Yankees manager in 2018. New York has made the postseason in six of his seven seasons, including winning the 2024 AL Pennant.

"Three years makes a lot of sense," Cora said. “We actually talk about that. Where we’re at with our families, it’s very important. Obviously his family is a little bit older than mine but it’s not an easy job. It’s not. We’ll see what the future holds. He was close last year (to winning the World Series). Obviously it didn’t happen. But for all the criticism and how sometimes it gets loud over there, Cash (Yankees GM Brian Cashman) loves Booney. He loves the way he goes about it. His players, they like him and I’m very happy for him.”