Time to Go, Brian Cashman!
Posted: Mon Jul 7, 2014 5:47 pm
Look, you can only blame George Steinbrenner, Randy Levine, and/or other Yankee front office personnel before it comes back to ONE simple fact:
You can't live off a GM that has never been a scout but a lawyer his entire life.
People talk about Brian Cashman as if this guy scouted the talent around him. No he did not. He just signed off on it.
The problem with that, how do you know the scout did his job? It sounds almost NY Knick-ish when you talk about the Yankees farm system. While I realize the Yankees' drafting position hasn't helped I gotta wonder how the hell are the Red Sawx able to continue bringing up youth and starters as they have been right there with the Yanks competing for the better part of 13 years?
Ok, so let's withdraw that handicap.
As a lawyer what kind of contracts has Cashman been able to sign FAs under? EXCLUDING A-Roid.
Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa, Javier Vasquez x2, the entire squad in 2010. The CC Sabbathia re-signing looks dreadful right now.
Tanaka looks good but I'm almost convinced Cashman was forced to bring in another starter.
Free agent wise:
Ellsbury: More expensive Brett Gardner?
McCann: Average is in the toilet.
Beltran: Guy's body is eroding quickly.
Most of those deals have blown up in his face.
Somewhere Derek Jeter, whom Cashman and Levine gave a hard time is laughing on his way out.
RIGHT NOW, gentlemen....that squad at Old Timer's Day could BEAT THIS 2014 NY Yankees line up.
You can't live off a GM that has never been a scout but a lawyer his entire life.
People talk about Brian Cashman as if this guy scouted the talent around him. No he did not. He just signed off on it.
The problem with that, how do you know the scout did his job? It sounds almost NY Knick-ish when you talk about the Yankees farm system. While I realize the Yankees' drafting position hasn't helped I gotta wonder how the hell are the Red Sawx able to continue bringing up youth and starters as they have been right there with the Yanks competing for the better part of 13 years?
Ok, so let's withdraw that handicap.
As a lawyer what kind of contracts has Cashman been able to sign FAs under? EXCLUDING A-Roid.
Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa, Javier Vasquez x2, the entire squad in 2010. The CC Sabbathia re-signing looks dreadful right now.
Tanaka looks good but I'm almost convinced Cashman was forced to bring in another starter.
Free agent wise:
Ellsbury: More expensive Brett Gardner?
McCann: Average is in the toilet.
Beltran: Guy's body is eroding quickly.
Most of those deals have blown up in his face.
Somewhere Derek Jeter, whom Cashman and Levine gave a hard time is laughing on his way out.
RIGHT NOW, gentlemen....that squad at Old Timer's Day could BEAT THIS 2014 NY Yankees line up.