Brian Cashman is at the moment an “at-will” worker of the New York Yankees. The 55-year-old basic supervisor is operating the Bronx Bombers whereas nonetheless not having a contract.
“I was just meeting with him for two hours at the [Yankee] Stadium,” Yankees’ proprietor Hal Steinbrenner informed reporters on Tuesday. “I’ve told him that I want him back for all the reasons I cited a year ago, I think he’s a good general manager. It’s just a matter of salary.”
Cashman has been the overall supervisor of the Yankees since 1998 and counting because it seems.
Fans have questioned whether or not Cashman ought to stay on the helm with the Yankees not showing in a World Series since 2009 and issues that the group has stagnated.
“Stagnation is not acceptable,” Steinbrenner stated. “Through the years Cash[man] has at all times been nice about seeing what different golf equipment are doing, what’s the most recent and biggest expertise, what’s the most recent and biggest technique.
“There’s no stagnation with him, he’s always looking to be the best as far as doing everything we possibly can to make the right decisions.”
Steinbrenner vehemently defended the membership Cashman put collectively, citing accidents — on a number of events — as a major cause to their demise.
Andrew Benintendi and DJ LeMahieu have been talked about essentially the most by Steinbrenner as key gamers the Bombers have been lacking after they have been swept by the Astros within the ALCS.
“This yr, indubitably, you noticed the membership Cash[man] put collectively rolling into opening day with. It was one of the crucial dominant golf equipment in baseball for months, not for weeks, for months. And then we began getting a major variety of vital accidents.
“I don’t believe I said this last year and I don’t say it every year because injuries are a part of the game, but this year, they had a significant impact. And you can’t deny that if you’re going to try to figure out what the heck happened.”
One of essentially the most criticized strikes made by Cashman was the commerce that introduced Josh Donaldson’s two-year, $50 million wage and shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa from the Twins to the Yankees.
Donaldson heard the boo birds throughout October within the Bronx as a consequence of his season-long offensive struggles — the place he posted a career-low .682 OPS — persevering with within the postseason. Kiner-Falefa was benched for rookies Oswald Peraza and Oswaldo Cabrera within the postseason as a consequence of defensive struggles.
However, Steinbrenner believes the commerce was total profitable as a result of it improved the workforce’s protection.
“Donaldson, one of many massive causes we wished him was for his protection. Obviously, he had an off-year offensively, I don’t assume that may final. Isiah was precisely what we thought, .260 is what he batted, good protection, some dangerous performs however the actually good above common performs don’t are likely to get seen a lot or talked about. But, we have been pleased with what he gave us for essentially the most half.
“I think that trade was a success, especially from a defense standpoint.”
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Source: www.bostonherald.com