What horseshit! What an insult to fans!
If Cashman were running the NFL's Collapsible Giants, he'd make sense. (Nobody wants to lose the next Matias Kiwanuka!) But an MLB first rounder... gimmie a break? Especially considering our recent history.
Last season, the Yanks actually shelled out more money to sign their 4th rounder, Mason Williams, than for their first choice, Cito Culver, who the Mel Kuiper-types viewed as second-round talent anyway. (Granted, the Mel Kuipers are dolts.) In the MLB draft, much of the best talent dangles high on the tree in the late rounds -- a team just has to be willing to shell out. The Redsocks and Angels have done it for years. That's why their system remains so stocked.
First-rounders? Yeesh, three years ago, we didn't even sign ours.
First-rounder? If we offered arbitration to a few of our free agents, (like the Redsocks do) we'd be receiving extra first-round picks this year.
Suddenly, Cashman says the first-round is sacred? Horseshit.
Our best prospect is Jesus Montero... undrafted.
After him, Gary Sanchez... undrafted.
Then come Dellin Betances (late rounder) and Manny Banuellos (undrafted) and a few more (Romine, Nunez) before you reach Andrew Brackman, who the Kuipers (Granted, they are idiots) viewed as a late-round project, due to impending arm surgery.
Last year, when we chickenshittedly refused to chase John Lackey -- a decision that cost us the 2010 World Championship -- Cashman said it was all to save money so we could harvest the winter free agent class of 2010-11, with the likes of Carl Crawford, Jason Werth, Cliff Lee, et al.
Whoops. Everybody's gone. Only Rafael Soriano is left. He can nail down the eighth inning better than anybody in baseball. He can replace Mariano if -- no, gulp, when -- he goes down. We have tons of unspent money. Suddenly, it's all about a first-rounder? We're supposed to eat catfood?
Listen: If we let Soriano go, we will regret it all season. And when Mariano goes down this year, to replace him, we will pay far more than money and a first-round draft pick.
If Boston signs Soriano, the season is truly over. That's the kill stroke.
This makes no sense. It's horseshit. Something else is at play, and it really hurts to say it:
The Steinbrenner boys don't care about winning as their father did.
They want to keep their money. And Cashman -- wanting to keep his job -- is spewing horseshit.
They are willing to spend money on only the surest of sure things, like Lee. They have no Plan B. Or Plan B is the Schlitter, the formerly great Prior, and the always worthless Buddy Carl Aisle.
ReplyDeleteEither way, we're gonna party like it's 1965.