Making a dramatic change in how a baseball team is run doesn't give me a good feeling.
Sadly, this is starting to ring true. The smartest thing Cashman can do now is call Girardi and ask him back. Cashman screwed up. Wedge? A player with no bench experience? Not good.
Probably the best move of all the bad options on the table. But then really, going from Girardi to Thomson. What was the point?
Honestly, it sounds like the players were putting the bad mouth on Girardi. If that's not true, I guess Cash screwed up. It's tough to tell without any leaks on this one and there hasn't been any.
I've heard speculation and rumors about players not liking Girardi, but has anything been directly reported on this? This is a bad situation for Cashman. When they pushed Torre out, the had two no-brainer choices with Girardi and Mattingly. Who do we have this time as solid choices? Anyone hired will be without a resume or a poor resume. Very risky.
Funny how the so called players gripes only started to make the rounds, anonymously, only after the Yankees were getting killed for firing Giradi. Sounds more like Cashman trying to give an excuse for a dumb move.
Who are these great options that don’t want to work for Cashman? That’s nonsense. We kept Girardi for ten seasons. That’s an eternity in baseball. If anything Cashman has shown he will stick with a guy. Who wouldn’t want to work for a guy like that? Every team in baseball is now using the stats and taking away most of the decision making from the coach. That’s not unique to the Yankees. I think this just came down to the younger guys not loving Girardi. We will see how these guys play next season under someone else.
The dramatic change isn't getting rid of Giradi. It's changing the manager' job drastically. The manager won't make the lineups, won't decide when pitching changes are made. The next manager of the NY Yankees will be the ra-ra guy in the clubhouse and they interview guy. That is it.
Cashman also has shown that he will throw the manager under the bus for his poor own decisions. Giradi got killed for not asking for a review. As it turns out it wasn't even his call. Calls for reviews came from upstairs.
It will take 4-5 guys of that caliber to get Stanton I believe. Totally not worth it, especially with the Ellsbury contract handcuffing their payroll a bit.
Agreed. It starts and ends with Girardi. It's a tough job to integrate all that info and make a choice but that's why he made big bucks. Besides, when your catcher is screaming at you to review the call when the play happened in front of him, maybe you should just...listen?
So he can spray bleach at the reporters? Or get involved in a gang rape like in Port ST. Lucy,
I' m all in if it gets him off the radio and TV
Unless Stanton becomes a Cy Young caliber pitcher during the off season, we don't need him (or Harper for that matter!). Way too much money.
If anyone voted for someone else, their credentials should be pulled.
You beat me to it. Cashman knows him. Zero manger experience but a perfect fit for the Cashman model. No coincidence he just retired. Young players love him. Would have no problem being Cashman's hand puppet.
Question - Do you just hate Cashman or are you just mad at him for canning Girardi? I'm just curious, no flame intended.
Although I think getting rid of Giradi with no one in mind for taking his place was a stupid move. I think Cashman as a traditional GM has done a good, not great job over the years. For every Judge there is Ellsbury.
I agree that not having a succession plan in place is dumb. However, I don't think it's the end of the world. I also think Cashman is a top 5 GM. His hits significantly outweigh the misses. I've always heard that the Ellsbury signing was a Steinbrenner move. I think Cash's worst signings were Igawa and Pavano, but I understand the Yankees were reaching for unproven, but young, pitching. The youth movement and keeping them house can be directly tied to him.
