Yankees’ analytics wing overruled scout concerns in risky Jake Bird trade, reveals insider
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees’ trade deadline acquisition of reliever Jake Bird has become a textbook example of organizational overconfidence backfiring, with multiple industry sources confirming the team ignored widespread concerns about the pitcher’s deteriorating condition before completing the deal.
Bird lasted just five days in pinstripes before being optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday, following disastrous outings that directly contributed to two crushing defeats. The rapid demotion has validated warnings from approximately 20 teams that passed on Bird despite their own bullpen needs.
https://pinstripesnation.com/yankees-analytics-wing-overruled-scout-concerns-in-risky-jake-bird-trade-2025-07-08/
Cashman's asshole anal-ytic buddies are fucking terrible. All of baseball knew the truth except them. And Cashman. Unfuckingbelievable. Unfuckingforgivable.
Bird was overused early in the season. His arm was falling off. He actually had a worse July than the Yankees did.
But did that deter our intrepid statheads? Of course not. They're smarter than everybody else. Those "baseball guys" don't know shit.
Cashman? He traded away Riggio and Shields, our #10 and #20 prospects. Sure, you never know what will happen. But everyone in baseball knew that Bird was a mess you wouldn't trade a bag of peanuts for. Riggio looks great and would've been a welcome replacement for Chisholm at second. Shields definitely showed promise (like, we don't need young pitchers, they're just sacrificial lambs). (By the way, who did we give up for Chisholm? Oh, yeah. Serna, Abraham Ramirez, and AGUSTIN FUCKING RAMIREZ--while we stick with fucking Wells behind the plate.)
Any moderately involved owner would fire Cashman for the Bird and Chisholm trades alone, ransack the idiots in analytics, toss Boone out with the leftovers that have blue-green fur growing on them.
Hal? Oh, you kid.
What a remarkably arrogant, stupid, incompetent front office.
Fire Boone Night should be expanded to Fire Boone and Cashman and the Analytics Department Night.
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As I said after the trades, the other GMs, after hanging up the phones with Cashman, must fall to the floor laughing so hard that they piss their pants.
He's incompetent. He gets something right once in a while, and thinks he's a genius. At least Boone seems to have some level of humility and humanity.
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