The New York Yankees need a fresh start with a new face as general manager.
Brian Cashman’s long tenure as the New York Yankees’ general manager has had highs, including multiple World Series championships and solid rosters. However, over recent years, a different script has emerged that includes mismanagement and even stubbornness, neither of which serves the Yankees.
Brian Cashman (photo, More Sports Now)
The Yankees haven’t won a World Series since 2009, a 16-year drought that would have been almost unthinkable for fans from an earlier era. Year after year, Cashman makes a roster that usually underperforms with older and injury-prone players on an already injury-prone team.
Cashman seems to believe that “everything will go right.” But it hardly ever turns out that way. The picture changed last year–the team made the World Series for the first time since 2009–but lost in five games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Cashman’s approach to roster construction has generally been underwhelming. A weak farm system is one reason. Even though Aaron Judge is a homegrown player and will most likely be a Yankee for his career, Andy Pettitte is the last farm-system-generated pitcher, and he entered the league in 1995.
Another reason is the culture Cashman has created in the Yankees organization. He make excuses like injuries, “bad luck,” or “process over results,” instead of the belief in “championship or bust.”
Brian Cashman should be credited for the good he has done over the past 27 years. That said, the current Yankees pale compared to the franchise they once were.
That’s why the Yankees need a fresh start, and new leadership is required.
