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@JonHeyman No, Cashman actually isn’t “very good at this”. He just hasn’t had many prospects worth a damn to move at the deadline. Which is why he has seldom made a midsummer needle-moving trade.
@BobbyMilone29 What the front office SHOULD be thinking is that they are lucky they work for Hal Steinbrenner. If they don’t fix this at the deadline, their jobs should be on the line. With Hal, though, they won’t be.
@BobbyMilone29 Of all the mistakes they made this offseason, continuing to ride with Jazz was the biggest. They should have known he is not a winning ballplayer. Highly skilled, yes. But just too many empty at-bats.
@BobbyMilone29 I think @bobklap is missing the point on Jazz. For most, it’s not the personality. On the contrary, a lot of fans like it. It’s the way his focus wavers; all his empty at-bats. For all his speed and power, he’s not a good enough offensive player to strike out as much as he does.
The Volpe situation is really very simple. Following 2004, Theo Epstein was branded a genius and Brian Cashman was branded as just a guy who signed big checks. That was the narrative. Cash has spent the past 20+ years trying to disprove that.
@YankeeSource I vapor locked. Would have been 1st and 3rd for Rice, not bases loaded, had Goldy been IBB’d. Maybe Hinch walks both to load ‘em for Ali Sanchez. So what. Still loaded with one out. Goldy for Waldo has to be the play. Waldo ABs since return have been terrible.
@YankeeSource 100%. The move was to put your best players in the batters to win the game right there and now. If Goldy is walked, you get Rice with bases loaded. Even shorthanded, the lack of a move is indefensible. Waldo at this point is not a good player.
@YankeeSource Likely overthought 11th inning defensive alignment and prospect of losing DH had Goldy pinch hit and not succeeded in getting winning run home.