Brian Cashman reflets on the Yankees 2025 season

Brian Cashman reflets on the Yankees 2025 season

Hey, Brian. I know I don’t have
to remind you that. Obviously you started with the Yankee
organization, under George Steinbrenner. Any overt. He’s
always had the World Series mandate so after a season where
you won 94 games succeeded in the Wild Card round
but fell short in the division series around. How
would you describe this season? We’ve had success and failure
obviously failed in our ultimate goal and had some
success obviously along the way. We had a good
team that but fell short of our ultimate goal. So yeah, leave it further the masses to debate. You Know What? It ultimately came out of
proud of proud of a lot of things we accomplished and players that we, you know, I knew that they were
fighting, they were talented. They were
fighting, they were committed but wasn’t good enough. Last year after the season ended
in the way that it did, you guys had a checklist of
things, you wanted to change better defense, better base
running more athleticism, more swing, and Miss pitch has
pictures and you achieve the sick, very
still agree. Is of success in those areas? What do you feel is on the
checklist for improvements? Team-wide this year, every every winter, you know, and summer. So, both opportunities for Acquisitions
to make adjustments for your team. You’re trying to attack
areas of weakness and every year that’s different. So
therefore, every year, the team is different. You know, I thought of siwi. We had some successes from the winter into the summer, to try to go to market and make adjustments and and bring in
some Personnel that, you know, could reinforce areas that
needed help and I think, you know which
increased increased, our chances, improve the club. We haven’t had our Pro scatting
meetings yet with our front office so about the available
Markets currently that is upon us you know but I know the intent
will be the same will look to attack our areas of
weakness to the best of our abilities with what’s available and hope our strengths remain
our strengths what they happen to be. So we can go ahead and try to
take another shot. Bruce Brian, what’s your message to
the fans who are hungry for a world championship? We’re just
as hungry just as disappointed. You know, but that’s, that’s really the
message. What do you want to tell them
about going forward and how you plan to try to get them that
title? I mean, I think on a year in and
year out basis, we try to do everything we possibly can to
put ourselves in a position to To believe that we have a chance
to be ultimately World Champs once again, and it have our fans think that and believe
that and obviously have the people covering us believe
that. And then take our shot, you
know. But while we’re taking our shot
for the teams that we put together, that I’ve actually
qualified for the postseason, you know, you’re still, you know, you’re a prize
fighter, getting into the ring with another prize fighter and the better. You got to be on
your A game. And where you going to take a punch?
That’s going to knock you out. And then unfortunately, you know, this year that
knockout punch hit in the division series Eric and Joel Brian. You said talking about attacking areas of
weakness from where you said what are your areas of weakness
going into the off season? You know, I’m not going to pack
that today will have some free agency
that’s going to hit. You know, that will create some
vacancies. We have got away the the available Market Place via free
agency or trades with the committed payroll versus the
available payroll thereafter. You know, and again, measure
opportunities, some players if you’re knocking on the door or
in the right, maybe to take the next step from down below, you know, and you know, obviously at the same
time, just trying to weigh what’s available to us. And if
we can get our hands on it, you know, and competition via trade
or free agent dollars. And then when Aaron was in here talking about the staff changes,
it said organizationally decided to go
in a different direction in your eyes. What made those staff
changes with specifically? With Harkey and
Chapman necessary or needed me. Every year we’re just, I’m
charged with making some tough decisions. I got good, we have
good people and, and unfortunately, and friendships
to. But I have to assess everything in the present and where we, you know, go as we move forward
and, you know, again, our staff is, you know, they work in tandem
with each other in conjunction with our player group and I just
have to make tough decisions so so know. One was per se terminated, there was
these were expiring contracts.
That the question is, the are we going to offer a new
opportunity moving forward? And so I have made those decisions
to make some changes and open up to evaluate opportunities in the
marketplace. To see if, you know, we can find some fits
as we move forward in the 2026 that that, you know, Make us better. But that’s not to take away from
our the staff that I Let Go, who had Odyssey gave us a
lot of great contributions along the way. At the same time, Joe cash to the right. You said if
you’re not on your eighth game you get you get knocked out. Do you think anything could be
done specifically for October? Whether it’s in leadership
decision making, who’s managing coaching the type of player you
have that would change the Fate specifically in October. But I think it’s that’s that question might be a little
too simple and don’t even know if that’s
the right way to maybe flat back at that. But listen, like this Division
Series. You know, we got through the Wild Card matchup
with Boston. This postseason, you know, last year we got to
the World Series we get into the division series. Some guys, you have what I’m
trying to I guess frame is you have to fire on all cylinders, that
means you got to pitch to The Best of your abilities.
Consistently that clearly didn’t happen in the Toronto
series and you got to hit to your best of your abilities.
With every the sample sizes are so small, that, you know, when opportunities
present themselves, you have to capitalize some guys who
consistently hit in the postseason, you know, didn’t
hit in the division series. Some guys who have questioned
people question, whether they can hit in the postseason did
produce. You need it all at the same time. You need everybody, from your rotation, to your
Bullpen, to your start. Position player group on the
line up side. You know, you know, to bring your A game
and that’s why I use the prizefighter. I think it was teed up, you
know, the intent the ability but you’re going against another championship caliber capable opponent and and if they are able to
neutralize one of your one or many of your personnel, you know, during that series and so you’re not optimizing
every Opportunity and and, you know, putting your best
foot forward its competition. So it’s no
guarantee just because you have a big name and you have big
numbers near consistently putting up, you know, quality performances, you need
even, you’re still matching up against
somebody else, trying to get you out or trying to pound you into the into the, into the, their
Bullpen. So, You know, it just kill or be killed. And I don’t think that our guys
aren’t Tough Enough. I mean, our our, our teams change every year
you got new Personnel, whether it’s different relievers
different starters, different third of our offense was change this here,
you know, maybe a little bit more, you know, with the additions of
Goldschmidt / rice. You know, the evolution of been, you know,
obviously been rice with the combination of Goldschmidt.
You got Got ya. You know, the Bellinger addition Grisham become an
everyday for study, did this year? That’s, that’s a 30-year line up
right there. Obviously, Rye McMahon joined us late, you
know, hitting, you know, in the 7th 8th or 9th hole where everybody was putting
them. That’s a lot of turn around, a
lot of different guys that you didn’t have prior. And again you
try a different guys in the pen, you know you try it.
You different guys in the
rotation you try it and you know, it in many cases, you know. Look Good enough is capable but again, it just fell short.
And at the time when we could not solve Toronto Blue Jays as
here, they rolled Us in the regular season. They roll
this in the postseason and, you know, but bottom line, we didn’t earn
the right to move forward. It’s as simple as that. I don’t think it’s about
leadership. I don’t think it’s about, you know, I just think it’s about
competition, you know, at a given moment in time and You know, so and it’s for you and and then the fans,
obviously that support us to judge it one way or the other. Pete and disha. Cash. Would you view securing Bellinger this? Winter is a top priority
for you. He he was an impact player for
us. I’m glad we got them. Certainly, expect them to opt
out. And I again, I don’t know. We
haven’t gotten to those conversations
yet, you know, we’re in the HR version of our, you know, you know, winner. So far, we will be scheduling all our
internal discussions on roster assessments player wise.
And then again, you know, looking what we have from within
and exploring what we have outside. I didn’t, but I
can just tell you, you know, he was really impactful for us. No,
question about one of the many reasons why, you know, we, you know, were in
a position to believe that. We were capable of great things
this year when the dust settled and so I thank him for
everything he’s done and certainly would love to have a
have them with our team know, moving forward, but but we haven’t had any of those
discussions. I haven’t had any conversations with Scott boras
and but bouquets his way without a
doubt, he helped us on both sides of the ball offense
defense, he’s a versatile player, he was great in our
clubhouse, and so, but you know, all that’s Yet to Come dish back, right? How do you
make Sons of the Mendel and defensive lapses carrying over
into this year in the biggest moment. And what can you realistically do to
address that? Forgive me, the men do Le what
mental and defensive lapses? Yeah, it’s hard to say, I mean,
I think there’s, I think it’s all part of a season, you know, that comes in New
York, it’s louder. We certainly do a lot of deep
Dives on the base running allegations as our team, you
know? Terrible baserunning team. Well it’s not necessarily support. Actually in theory, one of the
best bass book, Running teams in the game and ran into the,
you know, fewer amount of outs compared to other clubs. If
you’re not the fewest but we’re about on the low end of that
stuff. If anything, you know, I think
the first half of the Season, you know, compared to the second half of
the season in terms of aggressiveness, first the third
second to home base stealing I think you saw it ramped up
more think that I’m more
reflection of we have the Personnel to do
more on the past and I think that we
started taking advantage of it and the Second half more because
I think some of our Personnel were battling through
some things while playing every day. And and then once boonie,
felt more comfortable to start pushing that button. On some
guys, you once they were feeling
better with it. You start in, and obviously, our Personnel
change, we get Caballero and the trade deadline stuff like
that, you started seeing us take advantage and being better the base pass. But there were up there were circumstances that play louder
in New York. When when you get guys, I remember
clearly the Fenway Park series with guys running from second to
third with less than two outs. It’s on the ground ball left
side, those you know, can’t happen, but they do they
who to happen here, they happen elsewhere. And and again, you
don’t, you don’t, you don’t want to under react to it. You
don’t want to overreact to it and it’s why you spend some time
to make sure you you compare where you’re at with others and that you that you have, you know, that
the conversations that need to be had or still being had
regardless, it’s, you know, So you said, and then physical
errors. Now, I mean, he got to do the
work and and put it out there and thought we were a better
defensive team this year, more athletic. And I think it played out that way.
I thought we were converting more more balls and two outs than we
had prior and that made us gave us a better chance to listen
last year, we lost a big player in free agency and a lot of
questions how we’re going to replace it. So we came back, we were a different
team tried to adjust the other areas of weakness that you
tried. Try to address every year some winners you can.
Depending on the markets you can address it better than
others thought we were able to address
a lot which allowed us to You know, put ourselves back in
a position to dream big. So again, whatever, our areas of
deficiencies are we will continue to try to attack them
to limit. Mistakes, Force mistakes on your opponent, you know, and be an offensive Force as well as a one of the better teams on the
defensive run prevention side, including your pitching staff.
So Left Gary, Chris, throughout the season. Anthony
and Aaron said that will be shoulder injury. Didn’t have
much of an impact on his performance. You agree with that assessment
and did you did it? Anthony said, then I’m sorry was two
guys at meaning, Anthony and Aaron Boone. Okay, well said.
Alright injury didn’t impact his
performance. Much, you agree with that assessment
and if so what makes you think you can be a positive
contributor post-surgery. You know, I think I personally think now we’ll
start leaning more into that. Yes, it was affecting them because ultimately he had to
have a surgery, the none of that was a really on the table.
You know in season. So I think all things can be
true. Was it was it bothering him to a level?
That was getting to a height of concern
for us in season. The answer is no, why is that player? Says wasn’t
bothering that point is Testing was coming back, strong. You know the we did an MRI that showed some
old stuff in there. You know, I’m odd recommended. We can do a
shot, you know, and you know, you bang that, you know, falling out of diving on it, that seemed to take care of it. You forget about it. Struggles keep happening, you know, conversations between
your player and your trainer for these players. First and
foremost our super powers, you know, they’re super
power, they’re super human beings where they things that bother us
physically. You know, in a massive way. I don’t think
these alpha dogs for instance, it bothers them as much. They
don’t feel things as much, maybe it’s adrenaline, maybe
it’s just, they’re so strong as oxes and so many different ways
that that it doesn’t, you know, present itself to A point where they got to
complain in a loud way. And so I know when asked follow-up asks
including from my chair Is this a problem? I’ll deal
with our head trainer, you know, and his staff and the
player know I actually feel better than
I’ve ever felt the entire season. All right, you know,
this is during performance lapses so I think it could be true in
both ways. I think that, you know, I know people suggest,
maybe we underplayed the injury. I don’t think that’s
true. I think we were trying to be as honest with our fans and, and our media who
communicate to the fans but our medical staff doctors
trainers and then you know you treat complaints from the player and if the complaints are now this is not an issue. I feel
good blah blah blah. You know you deal with a treat, the patient
treat the MRI but shot hit some time I can
remember when it was made yoon-hee really responded. Well you forget about it then all of a sudden it perform
is you know is spotty throughout
the year continues of highs lows. Now he’s getting another shot. I
think they repeated the MRI again and like listen, if you know we can look at this in
the winter and and if this continues to be a
problem, then then we’ll have to be open
looking to surgery. So as the year goes on and he’s diving all over the
place kind of you know irritating, it may be a
times, it starts to move up the tree of
wasn’t a concern. Isn’t the concern to maybe doesn’t
concern is still speculative. Didn’t have the season that we
expected that he expected that we believe he’s capable. I love
I now after the surgery, you know,
I don’t even know if Aaron Boone’s at a chance to
talk to the doctors about it or not, but
the surgery, when you open him up to the cleanup was more severe than
the MRI would result. So which again, leads me to do. I
think it now probably is more of an impact than it was, even
though it was not, it’s not not his throwing
shoulder. probably, you know, but speculative But you know, I don’t think I’m just trying to answer the
best I can I’ve dealt with for years in the position of
experience that I’ve had where you deal with players and then you respond to them and if they you know you sure you get assurances that
that’s not an issue or I don’t feel anything. It’s not
a contributing factor, I don’t feel my swelling or what have
you, and but his performance swings were Significant this year more so
than, and because of that. And now, you know, you with a surgery
involved with the post-surgery saying it was more significant
than a mirage repaired. It doesn’t show that doesn’t change
the recovery time, but I do think that In fairness to the player who I don’t think he was
misleading, anybody, I think he is telling you in real time,
what he feels and how he feels, and I think our trainers follow
up with their physical testing and then the MRIs come in play.
And then the Or, you know, medicine can, you know, it’s
kind of an exact science. You do a protocol to try to walk
through and dissipate a problem, and then,
but if it continues to persist, then ultimately, you have to do
more and hit it with more and this one eventually led to it.
And then the season end of the surgery that turned out to be a bit more
significant than then, you know, if we were doing this,
presser and May June August September, so you still see him as your
starting shortstop, once he’s back. I mean, I I think so. I think, you know, I
believe in the player still, I think we believe in the
player. It doesn’t mean that we don’t play with on any level all aspects of
roster assessments, he’s 24 years old. I don’t think New York stage is
too big for him. It just, you know, still finding his way and you know the age is something that You know, there’s a lot of value to reminding yourself
about that. You see whether it’s in our sport, you
know, players that eventually figure
it out, you know, as they go down the line, you watch the
NFL, these number one, pick quarterbacks that franchise, put everything in, you know, shortstops kind of a
quarterback position center field. Catcher in baseball and
you see that, you know, players that that, you know, the expect a lot, you know, Add early on Four
Seasons, but then they’re not living up
to their they’re growing pains so to speak as
they go through, getting their sea legs, under them somewhere,
and then they wind up in a different environment and now
they’re leading their teams and I’m sure there are various
different reasons for it, but
but I think bony was talking about
it with you guys earlier. It’s like sometimes this isn’t
linear, it’s also not guaranteed and that’s why it’s
fair to always assess what you have and is it good enough? And
you need to replace it. And can you find better and all that
stuff? And that, I promise you always takes
place, but I believe in the player, I think we believe in the
player, I think the injury probably contributed to the performance
season that he want up having more so than we would have
thought based on our in Intimate involvement with
him and his and our medical staff and, and how that
played out, and the facts are the facts, he had
to have a surgery that’s going to take him
down, he’s not going to be. For spring spring, spring training, which therefore
will put them out to start, the season will be on
the IL and be ready sometime in April.
Maybe you know, worst-case, scenario
may but but he’s going to get a late
start just because of that. So so somebody be playing
shortstop, not him opening day but that doesn’t, you know,
that’s not a good thing for us either. You know that I think
missing him and not having them here as an option for us to be, you know, there is a problem and, you know, I’m
looking forward to getting a Fixed Anthony V be back so you
know he can be deployed and help us win games and E. So you have you not scheduled
your pro scouting meetings yet? No, so understanding that you
haven’t had those conversations with your people. Do you look at
third base right now? Is it set position with McMahon or do
you think he’s best utilized? Given some of the splits against
left-handed pitching in a platoon or mix-and-match
kind of situation or is he your everyday third basement? I mean, I think I’m happy. We
have them. I think he’s our everyday third, baseman. But I
also, you know, because of splits it’s always like I just like make sure I can
provide her manager with a lot of choices so he can mix and match the best
way. Possibly can and finding right-handed bats in
this game today is more difficult than ever but and I know you want to have the
balance and stuff so you know, we’ll get to all that but but he was a he was a real
positive addition and we were talking Out earlier with dishes
question about, you know, run prevention and clearly he makes your
pitching staff. Better in a significant way. It was great
defensive play there and and you never know. When you bring
players in New York, how they respond in this environment and, you know, he was great for us
and so I’m glad that I’m glad that’s not a position
per se have to worry about moving forward. That doesn’t
mean we can’t compliment it. But again, we haven’t had those
meetings and Boone mentioned discussing other
potential rules for Pat roster do. Expect them to stay with the
organization. Not sure. I mean I had difficult
conversations with jro our head guy currently interviewed in
Minnesota. You know, there might be some
opportunities. I’ve known six for a long time. For those who
don’t know, Pat Roasters nickname is 6. So I’ve known six
for a long time and, and he’s been a real
contributing member of this for baseball and for this
organization for a long time. And if there’s a potential
different role, you know, we’ll talk through it, maybe, but I
think we also got to find out whether we have a headache and coach at the same time. You know, we had hurst’s of Revelation Evolution
and earning the right to get Pierre. He was offered a major
league position elsewhere and, and J, robe, you know, it was all in, like,
yeah, he’s good. We should keep them. And then after the
Minnesota request came in, you know, so
that’s how that dance move worked. So anyway, so we’ll see, let the
jr0 stuff, play it play out and currently Minnesota’s the only
team that’s asked. But, you know, you always hear Rumblings
other teams might do the same. So you know it’s because a lot
of managerial vacancies out there if you had any of the
requests on real Hostin, didn’t, I had one request and we were
lost, Baltimore, doesn’t mean there won’t be more again.
There’s a lot of vacancies out there. So right now and feels like there’s more than
normal but I’d you guys probably
keeping score would know that more than me but feels like
there’s a lot more manager vacancies than our usual. Chris, the left. Judge will be 34 next season,
when you started thinking about crafting the roster, how much do
you consider that? His prime years might be coming to an end
soon. And does that cause you to be more aggressive in maximizing
that window? I don’t look at it. I mean, I just look at trying to
put the best team weekend with was available at the time
from within from outside for maintaining
what we’ve got Like he had get big examples
like making a trade for Bellinger small examples like
tendering Trent Grisham who became mop much. A lot different player for
us this year than and what we bargained for. So I don’t look at it as we have to
maximize this or that. I think I feel like we’re trying
to put the best team we can on a year in and year out basis all
the time. You know, and that involves older players that are obviously and younger
players that you just need the mix. So, And then with Carlos needing a
procedure done does that cause you to explore the starter Market, both
free agency and trade? Don’t know, I’ll be honest, I don’t I don’t
know. The certainly he’s been the last two years have been really good for us with Carlos,
he’s done a great job. Unfortunately had to have a
surgery you know that To get some clean up on that and
it’s going to have him start the season late so he
won’t be, he’ll start the season on the IL and it’ll
be ready. Either in sometime in April or early May
at the latest and along as long as there’s no other issues that
pop up in between. But you know, But I don’t know what that means
to, you know, where we put our remaining
resources in and how we reinforce. Do we have enough
from within do we have to go outside dog? Meant you never can
have enough pitching, so I don’t know. But clearly the
good thing is, he’s coming back. So I have to make sure
there’s room on that roster when he does. So Ron first time Carlos. When were you
aware that? There was a loose objects in the bone
spur, that would need surgery. I think, I think a lot of these
guys all have stuff going on at all times and some of its just
dormant for years and other than start to create issues. So I can’t answer when that started becoming something
I knew at some point. Like they might be something that
would have to be deal dealt with it, just comes down to you
know, Their level of complaint versus
doctors assessments and recommendations of that we can
just leave this this isn’t an issue to deal with right now
or if it does become enough of a
problem we can get in there. And so I think
this all comes after the
postseason end of the season, you know, physical assessments.
And and so I think if you, if this
professor was three weeks ago and I wouldn’t have had a
surgery on my mind for Carlos weird on taking them out. The beginning of next year, but it’s also not surprising
given the job that he does. So, and as you weigh multi-year, contract
commitments, this offseason do you have to factor in or if
so, how, the possibility, there might be a cap phasing in
and 28 or large hikes and tax rates starting in 2017. That’s
above my pay grade, it’s business, as usual. As far as
I’m concerned, and And every time I’ve ever dealt
with Hal Steinbrenner, he’s like just bring whatever to me
and whatever gets presented to you and whether it’s from Agents
or if it straight Acquisitions or what have you.
So that’s how you know, continue to roll. But I’m, I’m thinking about 26,
not 27. There’s one or two more, Dave
cash that the last two offseason. If you guys were kind
of big move driven, you got one. So two years ago, last
offseason was kind of the pivot. From him and bring in Ballinger
and some other guys, do you see that the framework going into
this offseason as a championship framework with
this team? What do you think? There’s other big moves that
need to be made to kind of get you guys pass it, a division series and
back into a World Series. I know you have cold coming back
and think we have a lot of quality that is currently here and on
the come and but are the job is always the
time to find ways to get get a better because whatever it
looks like right now. You’re going to end up with injuries. Surprising Under performance,
just like, you can get surprising better performance
came out of nowhere. That’s all part of it. Job is to collect as much talent
as you possibly can that you think can help, you know, your manager and his coaching
staff and that team navigate. You know, really difficult long
season and find a way to punch your way
through and give yourself a chance to take a shot at another
championship. So I think we have a lot of good, but the job is for us to try to
make it better. Greg and are you mentioned how how would you
describe what your conversations have been like
with him in the aftermath of getting knocked out and how he’s
kind of taking it all? Yeah, I’m he’s frustrated
disappointed, you know, you know, he wants it. He wants a championship here,
another one, just like, you know, for him and his family
still speak on behalf of the Hound is family. They you know, they I think believed, you know, not
just recently, but many times that we had a chance to do
something. But, you know, it’s, it’s not, it’s not a, it’s not a given,
you know, If it was a given and people who
had the championship caliber Gene that have punched
through if the, if that Gene was repetitive and I’m a dime
out of Gene from handed down from father to son,
like, you know, the great George Steinbrenner
belongs in the Hall of Fame to Assam time out of gene of
winning. You know, there’s many a great
player that maybe they punch through one
time or many, a great manager, that’s a punch thrown one
something. But, and we’ve done it and house.
Done, fine, burners done it, but it doesn’t guarantee. It’s
not a Given that you’re going to
continually do it, you can have a good process. All you can
count on is having a try to put together a strong process,
really good. People try to get as many quality players at care
and are committed and can stay healthy and play to the best of
their abilities. You know, for six months and then into the different season which is
the postseason and and then and keep trying to do it again
and again and again and again and again. And and so he’s frustrated because he
knows you know opportunity lost I think for all of us You know,
I think whether you’re a player, put the uniform on or, or you’re in the front office, you know? You know, people might get surprised at
times, I’m more focused on the ones that got away. Like,
yes, I’ve got, I’ve won some
World Series, but the ones that I feed, there’s a lot of them. I
feel like we should have one, you know, it could have one, you
know, but it is tough. It is really difficult to do and and it’s it’s easier to To talk through or what have
you. But actually for those guys in the competition, it’s you know it’s it’s obviously something
that we aspire to do once again and in some cases Spire to for
the first time. And and so whether it’s controlling
emotions, whether it’s, you know, being at your best. At the
most important time on any, given it bat, and On Any Given pitch and
stringing that all together, that is what we continue to. You know, fight for and try to
find her our way through it and and then trying to walk and talk
through it after the fact is, you know, something we’d like to
avoid so. So hopefully next year, we’ll
find a way there. Ryan what makes are in the right
person to continue in his at his post as manager and I think Aaron does, you
know, again what I care about from a managerial point is, you know, it’s our job to put together the
talent and provide the team as their job to decide the lineups. The one to who to who you’re putting
in the rotation who’s Coming in from the pan etcetera,
blah, blah blah, and you know, that’s just general. But more specifically managing these personalities,
and especially in the city of New York which is a pressure
cooker in New York, Philly. And Boston, you’ve heard me talk
about is radically different than elsewhere and managing through that. I care about the work that goes behind the
scenes, like, whatever decision you’re making, are you just
making an informed decision, you know, have you spent the
time and the effort with your personnel and anybody can dissect? Now, I
guess, what happened in this postseason but but anybody
can dissect managerial moves and decisions and like, listen,
you can go laughter, you can go right and it’s either going to be
working or won’t work. Could be a good decision. That didn’t work out or it could
be a bad decision that did work out or it could be a
bad decision. That went wrong or goodness is in the one,
right? And it’s not for everybody to
debate, it’s these managerial jobs are so Hard. So difficult so I try to keep it simple, are
they making today? Have a good process. Are they spending the time to assess the opponent, the scouting
reports, the numbers, the players that they have and
know who’s capable of what at what time and and trying to do,
if they do all that work, you know. I feel like you got a
good one, you know, and You know, he’s had a lot of
success in the regular season. He’s had some success in the
postseason and and that’s, you know, there’s a lot of
things for him to be proud of. I think he’s, I think he’s a
good manager. I think he’s, you know, one of the better
managers. And I think like, in this environment, if he was out
there right now, he got a job rather quickly, but I also know, because of our
environment is someone that can be second-guessed 10 million
times over and I don’t care who you put in that, that would be
the same. You know, whoever else would be
there, I trust him. I think he’s a good
man. I think His tail off, I think he’s got,
you know, good people that help support them and he’s got good players and all with all that it doesn’t
guarantee the outcome. We’re all Fighting For. But the guarantee is always at
we’re going to be fighting for it and that’s the one thing that
Steinbrenner family provides for this city is
constantly having a team that you can put
forth that that you can believe is capable
of the championship. And that’s the job will be doing again.
Once again, once again next year, I’d rather be talking
about a world series title right now, but I’m not, you know, but the championship caliber
intent is always there. So when I do think that, I think we have a good manager
and I think he cares and I think he works hard and I
think he’s got good people and I think we have good players.
Layers. And we’re gonna try it again. Last one, Chris Spencer Jones,
our consideration of making the opening day roster and how
do you evaluate where he stands? We’re going to talk through all
that. I think he’s put himself in the conversation that we’ve
at least, you know? It’s a fair question for you to ask, I
think. How it plays out, depends on how
our winner plays out. Certainly come to spring
training and and he’s earned. Without a doubt, the look and the competition. And but, but again, I’d all depends on.
You know how many opportunities exist
based on the decisions that come our way this winter. But
he’s put himself in a position, you know, to be considered a
potential everyday major leaguer. In 2026, you know, but we’ll see.

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