Joe Girardi owns a record of 564-408 in 6 seasons as manager of the New York Yankees and while the 48-year-old native of Illinois guided the Yankees to the organizations 27th World Series title in 2009, there is no guarantee the Bombers boss will be back in Pinstripes next season since his deal with the ball club is set to run out. Expiring on October 31, 2013, Joe Girardi's contract status with the New York Yankees has become a hot topic of discussion, and while many Yankees fans would love to see the former MLB catcher back in the New York dugout for a seventh season, multiple reports indicate that there are other teams in pursuit of the 2006 National League Manager of the Year.
According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the New York Yankees do have interest in bringing Girardi back but they may have to act fast since the Chicago Cubs apparently have strong interest in his services as well. Girardi served as Cubs catcher from 1989-1992 and with the recent firing of manager Dale Sveum coupled with the fact that Girardi grew up in Peoria, Illinois -- a city only about three hours south of Chicago -- it makes sense that the organization is reportedly intrigued by a reunion.
While it remains unknown whether or not Brian Cashman will grant his manager permission to speak with the Cubs, the Yankees GM is expected to work quickly in order to sew up a new contract for the 2009 World Series manager.
Expected to offer the 48-year-old upwards of $3 million per season, Cashman said he hopes Girardi remains with the team and that he and Yankee higher-ups are going to do their best in order to make sure that happens. After all, Joe Girardi has been a part of Yankee championships as both a player and manager, serving as New York catcher during the 1996 Championship run and again for title seasons in 1998 and 1999.
"He knows we'd like to have him stay and continue as manager of the New York Yankees as we move forward," Cashman said to Yahoo Sports recently. "I feel we hired a good one. He's been a world champion player for us. He's been a coach, a broadcaster and obviously a world champion manager. So we've benefited from having him and we'd like to do that going forward, but we'll have to speak with him and see how it plays out."
Though Girardi is expected to remain an active MLB manager, other sources indicate that he could elect to go back to the broadcast booth, something he did with the Yankee-owned YES Network back in 2005. Despite those rumors, Cashman believes Girardi does like working in New York and hopes he ultimately chooses to return.
"I think he likes it here," he said. "We are going to give him a real good reason to stay and he has earned that through his six years."
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