McMonigle: Brian Cashman continues to defend things everyone knows is an issue for Yankees
Brian Cashman spoke at the GM Meetings on Tuesday and defended the Yankees’ process when it comes to working on defense, fundamentals, and baserunning.
The Yankees general manager even went as far as to point out that the organziation’s director of speed development and baserunning is up for multiple MLB jobs, and that the Yanks are considered “one of the best in the business” with their baserunning program.
For Chris McMonigle, it was a painfully familiar refrain of the Bombers brass refusing to look inward and take outside criticism seriously.
“All the problems that the Yankees still don’t take seriously are still what bit them in the end,” C-Mac said. “I would think, if a Yankee fan listened to it, there are still some things that annoy you.”
Last year, a fiery Cashman vehemently defended the Yankees process after a disastrous 82-80 season, and while he was much more mellow following the team’s first pennant in 15 years, he still resoundingly supported the team’s process and Aaron Boone’s performance along the way. Cashman stopped at acknowledging that the Yankees didn’t play well enough to win the World Series, particularly in the field, but did not signal that there was any thought of changing how the team does things following a defensive implosion in game five, and reports that the Dodgers were waiting to pounce on those anticipated mistakes.
“If you had any doubt on the feeling of the manager, listen to Brian Cashman defend the move to Nestor Cortes, to talk about how wonderful the manager has been, and how lucky we are to have him,” C-Mac said. “Not only does he defend the manager, he defends the stuff that we know there is a problem with.
“Every single fan who has watched this team over the last couple years can tell you that defense…or not having athleticism built into a team to be a better baserunning…I’m waiting for the day when Brian Cashman, the fanbase, and the rest of baseball view this team as having fundamental flaws within the organization.”
