The Yankee legions are exasperated.
They have seen enough of this aging, non-athletic, unexciting Yankee team that is about to miss the postseason for the fourth time in the last 11 years despite the highest or second highest payrolls throughout, and they want the principal architect, Brian Cashman, fired.They have looked up and down the lineup and what they have seen is the Orioles and Rays in particular have better, mostly younger, more athletic players on both sides of the ball at catcher, first base, shortstop, third base and left field. They see in Aaron Judge and Clarke Schmidt the only two homegrown players of consequence on this team and wonder why the Yankee player development department has failed so miserably for so long.Back in March Hal Steinbrenner said you shouldn’t have to spend $300 million to win a title and he was right. You shouldn’t have to spend $300 million (or in the Yankees’ case $280 million) to finish last (where they were entering the weekend) either. That’s all on Cashman but he’s not going anywhere.
Unlike his father, when the Yankees fail, Hal doesn’t look to hold people accountable; doesn’t like firing people, which is why Cashman, despite all that payroll at his disposal, has not won a title since 2009 but remains the eternal Yankee GM. (If the Yankees fail to make the postseason, however, I suspect Cashman will have no choice but to throw Aaron Boone over the side of the boat.)[
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