{"id":579757,"date":"2026-02-18T19:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/579757\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:37:27","slug":"ny-yankees-gm-brian-cashman-explains-why-new-hire-fits-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/579757\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Yankees GM Brian Cashman explains why new hire fits the team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/new-york-yankees\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"New York Yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New York Yankees<\/a> are once again under pressure to deliver results, and this time the spotlight is on their international scouting department. After several high-profile misses in recent years, the organization made a leadership change last fall.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the club dismissed international scouting director Danny Rowland. The move came amid growing criticism of the Yankees\u2019 results in the international market, and it was followed by the departure of several young prospects, including Dominican infielder Wandy Asigen, who ultimately signed elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with The Athletic\u2019s Brendan Kuty, general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/brian-cashman\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Brian Cashman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brian Cashman<\/a> publicly backed Rowland\u2019s replacement, explaining why he believes newly promoted director Mario Garza is the right person to guide the department forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an amazing human being,\u201d Cashman said. \u201cConnect-ability is a really high character trait for him. So he\u2019s a great baseball guy that has great personal skills. He is a great evaluator of talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"i-amphtml-intrinsic-sizer\" role=\"presentation\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwODAiIHdpZHRoPSIxOTIwIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIvPg==\"\/> Brian Cashman General Manager of the Yankees, and Aaron Boone. Mark Blinch\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>Cashman also emphasized Garza\u2019s familiarity with the organization\u2019s infrastructure. \u201cHe already knows all the personnel that we want to have. You want evaluation. You want firehoses connecting to performance science and analytics. That will give him a head start as we try to relaunch that department and move forward,\u201d Cashman added.<\/p>\n<p> A chance to make an impact  <\/p>\n<p>For Garza, the role represents both a challenge and an opportunity. The Yankees have not won a World Series during his 16 years with the organization, something he openly acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>SURVEY Do you think Mario Garza will improve the Yankees\u2019 international scouting success?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-poll__title-wrapper__question-xs jsx-3883365378\">Do you think Mario Garza will improve the Yankees\u2019 international scouting success?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-poll__vote-counter article-poll__vote-counter-69960d99d1eb01dac3090e38 jsx-3883365378\">already voted 2 fans<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been here 16 years, and that hasn\u2019t happened,\u201d Garza said, referring to winning a championship. \u201cI think I have an opportunity to impact the organization in this area, and I think my skills line up for it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees are once again under pressure to deliver results, and this time the spotlight is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[5,3936,4,1690,62,2548,2547,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-579757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-yankees","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-brian-cashman","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-yankees","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkyankees","15":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116093324294399026","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}