Everything is bad. Every move they make backfires. The fact that a catcher that can't hit is their last opportunity says it all.
Gotta believe that this pretty much seals Boone's fate...but tragically, Cashman will probably get a pass....can't make this shit up.
Boone is a problem however the epic fail on behalf of Cashman to provide major league quality players for Boone to utilize is inb itself the biggest indictment of Cashman. Greg Allen, Bauer, McKinney, Rortvedt, Calhoun Hicks, Donaldson, Cordero and add the diminishing skills of LeMahieu, Stanton, Rizzo, leaves in my opinion, only Judge, Torres, Volpe, Bader, Higashioka and Kiner Falefa at a major league level of competency. That's 6 players, Six! Figure adding Stanton, Rizzo, and LeMahieu and thats 9. Of the 9, 8 are right handed with a team that play 81 games with the short porch. Assuming we carry 13 non pitchers, i would like to see 4 left handed or switch hitters added next year. Add Bellinger, take a shot at Ohtani (Bonus if you get him) bring up Wells, Peraza, Pereire, and Dominguez. Mix it all up, see what you have offensively. Pitching is another story.
Not just that, MB, but Cashman also needs to answer for player development, or lack thereof...the biggest failure by far is the failure of being able competently draft and develop/groom young pitching...you know how far back you'd have to go to name the last solid #1 or #2 starter that came from the Yanx' farm?...Andy Pettitte, who was drafted way before Cashman was given the GM job. Even our last title team of 2009 was mostly built on Bob Watson's efforts...hell, even you or I would likely have done no worse than Cashman has, ...and yes, I mean that.
Sadly, the real issue is that it's no longer do anything to try and win. It's do anything to squeeze every last dollar out of the Yankee fan. I understand this is a business but there seems to be much less attention to the product on the field as there is to reaching their hand into your pocket.
