The holidays, and 2010 along with them, are over.
We head into the second day of the first work week of 2011, and Brian Cashman, well, he continues to do what he’s done all winter…NOTHING.
Well, that’s not exactly true. Cashman did manage to wake up long enough to sign a lefty specialist, who has never pitched a day in the American League before.
Oh, and don’t forget about those broken-down scrubs like Mark Prior and Russell Martin. Now, if Cashman could just track down Doc Brown and his DeLorean, those guys might actually do what they’re being counted on to do this season.
But while the Boston Red Sox have made the moves that vaulted them to heavy favorites in the American League, our sorry sack-of-dog-$#!t general manager has gone from playing dress-up to alternating between long naps and burying our beloved Yankees in a massive hole of his own digging.
With just six weeks to go until the start of Spring Training, here’s what Brian Cashman has to show for the largest payroll in the game:
- ONE reliable starting pitcher.
- NO reliable setup man.
- $56 million worth of charity wasted on a 36-year-old SS with NO range, NO bat speed, NO power and a mediocre arm.
That’s about it. Oh, and Cashman also has Eduardo Nunez and Ivan Nova. Those are the guys who Cashman declared were deal-breakers when he had a chance to add Cliff Lee before the trade deadline last season.
Just remember that when you’re watching Nunez sit on the bench this season and Nova hit the showers after five innings. The Mariners, after balking at the medical records on infielder David Adams, asked the Yankees for ONE of Nunez or Nova to complete the Lee deal, and Cashman said no.
Just another in a long line of hideous decisions made by “Elf” Cashman in the last year plus. And that decision, combined with others like re-acquiring Javier Vazquez, cost the Yankees their best chance at the 2010 World Series, and their best chance at signing Cliff Lee.
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