When Brian Cashman joined Carton & Roberts on Monday, Evan asked the question that’s likely been burning in many minds for a month now: given what he said about the Astros’ cheating costing the Yankees a World Series, how can Cashman sign a player like Marwin Gonzalez, and have such a good relationship with new YES Network broadcaster Carlos Beltran?
Apparently, the answer is that apologies behind the scenes may have helped heal some wounds.
“Ultimately, the Astros question comes up all the time. You do all you can to bob and weave and duck it and not deal with it – but it’s always in the back if my mind and I’ll never forget it,” Cashman told Craig & Evan. “That said, in terms of Carlos and others, I’ve had people party to that process reach out to apologize personally, and take responsibility for the actions involved. You’ve seen how things played out publicly, but things also have been done privately.”
Beltran and Cashman had a good relationship when Carlos was in New York as a player from 2014-16, and that only strengthened when Beltran interviewed for the managerial job after he retired (which eventually went to Aaron Boone), and spent 2019 as a special assistant to the GM.
The cheating scandal broke shortly after that last job ended, right when Beltran was hired as manager of the Mets, and eventually lost that job – but from all he has seen, and heard, Cashman believes Beltran’s remorse for his role in the scandal, and believes he’s paid his debt to the game.
“We’ve had conversations about it since, and while I have not seen the CenterStage where he came clean about everything, I heard it’s spectacular,” Cashman said. “He’s very genuine and sincere and apologetic about his role, and he was punished publicly by losing his job with the Mets.”
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As for Gonzalez, who was in the starting lineup Monday night at shortstop for his first true action as a Yankee, Cashman doesn’t believe anything needs to be done or said in the clubhouse regarding his presence – doubling down on that personal apologies as a reason why.
“In real time, certain people reached out to me – some I had relationships with and some I didn’t – and they went out of their way to make amends in terms of a personal apology,” Cashman said. “That goes a long way. It doesn’t change what transpired, but at least you know people acknowledged the wrongdoing and took responsibility sincerely and genuinely, and I appreciated those calls.”
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