Three Yankees coaches from manager Aaron Boone's staff are not returning in 2026.
The Yankees won the 2009 World Series with bullpen coach Mike Harkey in charge of Mariano Rivera and Co.
When Harkey left the Yankees to be the Diamondbacks’ pitching coach in 2014 and he was let go after two seasons in Arizona, they brought him back to run their bullpen again.
When the Yankees changed managers after the 2017 season, Harkey was one of two coaches who survived the switch from Joe Girardi to Aaron Boone.
Popular in the Yankees clubhouse, Harkey’s 16-year run over two stints with the club is over.
Harkey, 59 on Oct. 25, and first base coach/infield instructor Travis Chapman have been let go, SNY baseball insider Andy Martino reported.
Also, minor-league hitting coordinator Jake Hirst is being added to Boone’s staff, likely as a replacement for assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler, per Martino.
Chapman, 47, was on Boone’s staff for four seasons.
More changes could be coming because third-base coach Luis Rojas has interviewed for the Orioles’ vacant manager job and hitting coach James Rowson will be interviewing for the Twins’ open managerial post.
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