Nearly three months later, Aaron Boone returned some light fire. The Yankees manager did not call out Joe Kelly by name, but he did appear to send a jab the reliever’s way after Kelly was the loudest among the Dodgers to needle the Yankees over their play in the World Series.

The New York Yankees' loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series has stung a little more for manager Aaron Boone, who has been reminded about his team’s struggles for a good part of the offseason.

Aaron Boone is headed into his eighth season as Yankees manager. He’s on track to enter the year in a lame duck capacity. The Yankees exercised their club option on Boone’s services in November. That’s the extent of their activity thus far,