During a recent episode of "The Show" on New York Post Sports, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo ripped the Yankees for not hiring Terry Francona in the offseason. Francona came out of a one-year retirement to manage the Cincinnati Reds after a long, fruitful career with the Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Guardians.

Manager Aaron Boone has emerged as the overwhelming scapegoat for this drop in performance, but one of his former players has surprisingly come to his defense. During the first episode of his self-titled podcast, ex-Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier suggested Boone is far from the problem in the Big Apple.

Aaron Boone says the Yankees are hoping to use Devin Williams in lower leverage spots, but "you don't always have that say" depending on how the game unfolds pic.twitter.com/xUJYKJo7Fq In all likelihood, Boone will wear it at the end of year, but so should general manager Brian Cashman.