Analyst Paul O'Neill Returns to The YES Broadcast Booth

The YES Network confirmed Monday that Paul O’Neill will be back in the booth with his fellow broadcasters this season.

Paul O'Niell

The YES Network analyst has been calling games remotely since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. O’Neill had not been vaccinated as of last August and at that point, the YES Network’s mandates would not allow him to work in the booth.

But O’Neill will return this coming season though it remains unclear if YES’s mandate changed or if O’Neill got vaccinated, reports The NY Post.

“This situation will find itself through and I’m sure Paul will find himself back in the booth at some point.” YES’s president of programming and production, John Filippelli, told The Post’s Andrew Marchand last season of the unusual situation.

O’Neill’s return comes with YES Network in a bit of a transition when it comes to its rotating group of analysts. Cameron Maybin and Carlos Beltran, both of whom were added last season by YES, will not be back.

YES opted not to bring Maybin back, while Beltran recently joined the Mets front office. Marchand reported YES had interest in two Yankees legends, Derek Jeter and Don Mattingly. However, Jeter is now joining Fox Sports as an analyst and Mattingly was hired as the Blue Jays’ bench coach.

O’Neill, 59, was honored by the Yankees last August and had his No. 21 retired by the franchise.