From Ken Davidoff (Hat tip to Steve Lombardi):
This seems to be very common among Yankee fans, they just don't know who Cashman brought in and who was brought in by people above him. Well now we will know; here is a pretty complete list from Davidoff of the moves that were totally Cashman's, somewhat Cashman's, and the ones that had nothing to do with Cashman.So I was watching The Show That Shall Not Be Named last week, and they were doing a bit, something like "The 5 Reasons Brian Cashman Shouldn't Be Brought Back." One of the reasons was Jaret Wright.
And as I am prone to do sometimes, to the joy of no one, I yelled at the TV.
"Jaret Wright!?" I shouted at the people who couldn't hear me. "I had as much to do with signing Jaret Wright as Brian Cashman did!"
There are good and bad moves in each section.Cashman All The Way: Bobby Abreu, Alfredo Aceves, Armando Benitez, Wilson Betemit, Kevin Brown, Brian Bruney, Shawn Chacon, Tony Clark, Roger Clemens (both times) Johnny Damon, Kyle Farnsworth, Glenallen Hill, Kei Igawa, David Justice, Al Leiter, Cory Lidle, Hideki Matsui (re-signing in November 2005), Damaso Marte, Tino Martinez (his return), Jose Molina, Mike Mussina (re-signing in November 2006), Xavier Nady, Denny Neagle, Carl Pavano, Andy Pettitte (his return), Sidney Ponson (both times), Darrell Rasner, Mariano Rivera (re-signing in November 2007), Alex Rodriguez (the 2004 trade), Ivan Rodriguez, Javier Vazquez, Robin Ventura, Jose Vizcaino, Bernie Williams (re-signing in December 2005), Jeff Weaver
His Player, Not His Price: Jason Giambi, Sterling Hitchcock (re-signing in December 2001), Steve Karsay, Jorge Posada (re-signing in November 2007), Rondell White, Bernie Williams (re-signing in November 1998)
He Might As Well Have Been at the Atlantis With His Family: Aaron Boone, Jose Contreras, Dwight Gooden (return in 2000), Chris Hammond, Orlando Hernandez, Randy Johnson, Travis Lee, Jim Leyritz (re-signing in November 1999), Jon Lieber, Esteban Loaiza, Kenny Lofton, Raul Mondesi, Alex Rodriguez (re-signing in November 2007), Gary Sheffield, Ruben Sierra (return in June 2003), Darryl Strawberry (his re-signing in November 1998), David Wells (return in December 2001), Jaret Wright
So does this change or reinforce your feelings towards Cashman?
6 Comments:
I've always thought he stunk, and this doesn't really change that. Although I did always believe the he brought Jaret Wright over.
Anyway I still would like to see him go, bring in someone else.
Fair enough. I wouldn't be surprised if nobody changed their opinions, although I wish more people were commenting so I'd know if it did or not.
Maybe I should put the question in bold. That works sometimes.
I do not think it changed my opinion about Cashman. I think he makes good and bad choices like any businessman. I would have to do a real-in depth analysis to ind out if he should stay or go. It would be interesting to see categorize this info in a different way. For example how many of his choices were quick fixes at the deadline that never panned out, and how many were offseason moves in which he had more time to consider before making.
Cashman has had a very productive tenure with the yankees, and i believe that he should be back. hes made good, bad and in the middle moves- everyone does. i think that everyone is just looking for a scapegoat, and overlooking two things. 1. injuries 2. TOO many players aren't producing like they SHOULD
Doesn't change my feelings at all. Bye Bye Mr. Cashman. More importantly the real issue isn't as simple as this player vs. that player. The real issue is the philosophy and the direction of the organization. Players are pieces that fit into a larger puzzle. The puzzle represents the whole of the organization and their philosophy and direction. To me the team we saw this year is the result of his efforts since 2005. This years team is the team created in his image, and his alone. What I see I don't like and I didn't feel much differently after last year. Lets face it we only will have played 4 more games last year then this year.
I just don't see next year really being any different then this. Their are glaring holes in the system like the development of high value positional players and a strange reliance on high value, but damaged prospects.
See 'ya Cashman.
I'm not going to sit here and say that Cashman is the best GM in the game but most fans want him gone due to the lack of recent success and for the simple fact that we're going to miss the playoffs. I just wonder if they woul've want him gone if we had won the WS last year or be in contention this year. People just dont realize how hard is to make a decision when it seems that every one above you want to go in a diferent direction.
I hope we bring him back, I just dont see too many GM that can handle the Yankees ownership, if he gets fired might as well make Hank the GM because he is not going to allow other GM to run the team.
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