New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman disagreed with the notion that the AL East club is “running it back” after a quick ALDS exit last season.
Still, it’s hard to argue that the roster looks much different from last year’s. Fans in the Bronx are growing impatient for the next World Series championship, something the Yankees haven’t accomplished in nearly two decades.
“As for the Yankees, general manager Brian Cashman thinks the run-it-back theme is a you problem, not a him problem,” Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer wrote Wednesday. “But with Ryan Weathers standing out as the sole new addition to a second-place roster, it is a valid gripe.”
Rymer tabbed the Yankees as one of the offseason’s biggest losers for not aggressively attacking the free agent market. In Rymer’s words, New York and the Philadelphia Phillies are two clubs “ruining MLB”, thanks to their complacency.
Is Cashman to blame?
Cashman gets a lot of heat and answers the tough questions because it’s a part of the GM gig. We may never know if he preferred to make a bigger impact with this upcoming season’s roster because owner Hal Steinbrenner may have set a spending ceiling.
“Plus, you’d think Cashman would be aware that he invites criticism for being a stick in the mud. His long-time financial edge over his peers is gone, so it behooves him to be more creative,” Rymer added. “Instead, the Yankees’ player development has stagnated, and they can no longer be counted on to compete for the biggest free agents.”
The Los Angeles Dodgers do not operate under that style of thinking. But times have changed for the Yankees, no matter who deserves the blame for a skeptically quiet winter.
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