From Jon Heyman:
Brian Cashman was asked by the Steinbrenners to respond by next week to their offer to return as Yankees general manager, according to people familiar with the situation.
Cashman's current three-year, $5.5 million contract doesn't expire until Oct. 31, but the Yankees' owners don't want the issue to linger, not with a roster overhaul in the offing. The Steinbrenners prefer Cashman to commit to them before they present him with a new contract for a significant raise.
This makes sense. The Yanks obviously have a lot to do this off-season, and figuring out who the GM is going to be needs be done ASAP. It's very important to get that decision out of the way so they can start focusing on the 2009 team itself.
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Indeed, this issue needs to be resolved as soon as possible, whether they dump Cashman (I'm leaning this way, despite the interesting post elsewhere here) or get someone else to steer the ship.
Funny, but in that Buster Olney article he talks about how Cashman has built a good farm system, and yet earlier this year I swear I recall the same Olney stating that the problem with the Yankees farm system was that they really had no good prospects in the pipeline. How can you have a strong farm system that features no really strong prospects? Perhaps Olney has changed his mind (does he really want Cashman to return so the Yankees stay weak?), or I am missing something (also a possibility)?
Mike
What I believe Olney is saying is that the farm system was neglected, but now, since the Yankees gave Cashman complete control he's drafted well, and help strengthen the system.
OK, I was just wondering if over the season he might have contradicted himself just a bit.
Mike
Well knowing most ESPN employees, he probably did. But that's just what I got from his articles today.
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