Yankees, Cashman reportedly finalizing five-year contract
(Presswire) According to Bob Nightengale, the Yankees and Brian Cashman and putting the finishing touches on a new five-year contract worth $25M. The team hasn’t confirmed anything, but that’ll happen...
View ArticleBrian Cashman and the Front Office [2017 Season Review]
(Mike Stobe/Getty) A little more than a year ago the Yankees were in the process of selling away veterans and selling their fans on the idea of a soft rebuild, or transition. They wouldn’t hard tank...
View ArticleTaking A Chance On A Rookie General Manager
Watson and Cashman. (NY Daily News) Less than a month before the start of Spring Training, the Yankees suddenly found themselves without a general manager in 1998. Bob Watson, who became the first...
View ArticleA Thought after the Yu Darvish Non-Signing
Darvish (Harry How/Getty) Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. When decisions are made–or not made–there is always some context to consider. We make our choices to do or do not, be or not be based on the...
View ArticleWhat would a full teardown have looked like in the Bronx?
Ah, what might have been… (Elsa/Getty Images) Last week, Josh Norris unveiled his Baseball America cover story, “The House That Cash Built,” on how Brian Cashman built the current Yankees roster. It’s...
View ArticleThe Yankees Will Get A Better Haul for Sonny Gray Than You Think
(Presswire) Brian Cashman, so the saying goes, is a ninja. The reputation is deserved: Yankee moves often materialize quickly and (from our perspective) out of nowhere. The organization as a whole...
View ArticleThe Warriors of Baseball
(Mike Stobe/Getty) This is not, I’m sorry to say, Paul O’Neill fans, a post about the Yankees making themselves in number 21’s image. This is not a post about the Yankees being gritty and gutty and all...
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