Aaron Boone, manager of the New York Yankees, said he does not know if the team will renew his contract but he will be "at peace" with anything, after the Yankees lost to the Boston Red Sox 6-2 in the MLB American League Wild Card Game on Tuesday.

"I haven't had any conversations about (my contract) with anyone, so we'll see," said Boone. "I love being here. I love going to work with this group of players." His contract will come to an end after the season.

What happened at Fenway Park on Tuesday was ugly for the Yankees. Their ace pitcher Gerrit Cole sent no one out during the third inning before he went down. The team's bullpen was not performing well either. Meanwhile, Nathan Eovaldi took care of the Yankees' offense nice and clean for the Red Sox.

"The league has closed the gap on us. We've got to get better in every aspect. Because it's not just the Red Sox and the Astros now in our league. Look at our division, the Rays are a beast, Toronto, there's some teams in the Central that are better and better, teams in the West that are better and better, teams that have closed the gap on us," said Boone.

However, Yankees fans may not buy his explanation. Boone's record of 328-218 for the past four seasons seems okay but the Yankees were never satisfactory in the playoffs. The last time the team reached the World Series was in 2009. That means the Yankees have been absent from the AL's throne for 12 years, which is the third-longest drought in franchise history.

The last Yankees manager who had no title but managed to keep his job for five years was Miller Huggins, and that was almost 100 years ago.

The good new for Boone is that the players still have faith in him. 

"There's a lot of good answers for that besides being a great manager and leading this team the past couple of years, to winning over 100 games, his leadership skills being even-keeled through the ups and downs, the good times and bad times, that's part of it," said right fielder Aaron Judge. "When you are the manager of this team and you wear the N.Y. and you wear these pinstripes, it's a heavy burden. But a guy like Booney, man, he wears it with pride, shows up to work every day and gets us prepared the right way, keeps us motivated and gets on guys when he needs to. It's been a pleasure the past couple of years to play for him and fight for him every single day. I could spend all night giving you reasons why he should still be the manager."

"Whatever does happen, I'm at peace with. I know that I can hold my head high," said Boone.