Cashman Discusses Various Topics

From Ed Price:

Yankees GM Brian Cashman made an appearance at Foley's NY Pub in Manhattan Tuesday to promote the release of the game and gave his first public comments on Joba Chamberlain's arrest earlier this month.

Asked if he is confident that it was a one-time error by Chamberlain, Cashman said he wasn't.

"He knows that we care a great deal about him," the GM said. "He knows that he's got all the support from us that we can provide, because we do care about him. At the same time, I can't tell you I'm confident about anything that goes on in other peoples' personal lives."

"He made a mistake," Cashman said. "He apologized for it. Thank God no one was hurt. It's a very serious issue. I hope that's the end of it."

"He knows that stuff like that can't happen," Cashman said. "And he's the first to admit that. And hopefully it's something he has and will learn from."

Cashman had this to say about the upcoming off-season:

"I'd love to be able to dictate the tempo of how the winter goes," he said, "but that's not normal.

"We're going to be aggressive, but we always are. ... There's a lot of things that I wish I could do. Whether I'll be able to do them, I have no idea. We'll find out soon enough."

He also said that as far as he knows, Mike Mussina has not made a decision about next year yet.

Peter Abraham also reported on Cashman's appearance at Foley's:

On the third-base coach situation: “It can come from within; it can come from outside the organization. (Manager Joe Girardi) and I have been talking a great deal about what direction we should go.” Cashman talked about the idea of moving Tony Pena or Rob Thomson to third and hiring somebody to fill their spots.”

Jorge Posada: “He’s doing the rehab on his shoulder. His throwing program commences the first week of December.”Is Posada their catcher? “Yes. The plan is for Jorge Posada to be our catcher.”

Chien-Ming Wang: The Wanger was in NYC today getting his right foot checked out and got a clean bill of health. He threw a bullpen in Tampa on Monday. “He’s doing terrific,” Cashman said. “He was fine. He had no pain, no problem.”