2010 New York Yankees Payroll: $206,738,389 (13 players make over 5 million) Yankees Win/Loss Record: 66-39
2010 Tampa Bay Rays Payroll: $72,323,471 (3 players make over 5 million) Rays Win/Loss Record: 66-39
You do the math.
With George Steinbrenner dying and being granted entry into our collective unconsciousnesses as a “good guy”, the fact that the Yankees have the highest payroll in baseball and can simply acquire high priced talent with no consequences is the only true reason why the Yankees are a hated team nationally. It’s simply “not fair” that they can get Berkman, Kearns, and Wood for virtually nothing. But this does not make Brian Cashman a genius, whom he is in his own mind.
General Manager Brian Cashman doesn’t like to admit mistakes, but his actions speak louder than words. His deadline “trades” (in which he traded CASH and some AAA guys for three veterans) landed him replacements for Hideki Matsui, Melky Cabrera, and Phil Coke. Johnny Damon, who was forced to work for the Tigers, is outperforming Curtis Granderson. Cashman wanted to save a buck by letting Godzilla walk, but he was forced to buy another DH in Lance Berkman after Nick Johnson once again got hurt.
The Rays’ Carlos Pena is another one of Brian Cashman’s mistakes. The man is a powerhouse slugger, and the Yanks had him back in 2006 for free, but kept him in AAA. In 2007, he made $800,000 and he hit 46 HR for the Rays.
The Rays seem to be equal to the Yanks when they go head to head with them in 2010, if not are outright the better team head-to-head when David Price and James Shields are starting. And for Brian Cashman and his $206,738,389, that is embarrassing. Need we remember what happened in 2008?
Let’s face it: the Tampa Bay Rays make Brian Cashman look overrated. Cashman went out and bought three veterans and the Rays still crushed them this weekend, and the Blue Jays feasted upon A.J. Burnett, who was another shiny object Cashman wanted to keep from Theo Epstein. Should be an interesting October. If the Yanks get eliminated, maybe Brian Cashman can be designated for assignment with Chan Ho Park.
I agree that this article is slightly tongue in cheek , but you get the point. By the way, do you know why Brian Cashman is envied by the stat heads online?
Cashman is a new age sabermetric GM with unlimited resources, while Billy Beane and his students struggle with payroll. Cashman has his fans, however, mostly because he actually reads baseball sites and blogs, and grants interviews to people who worship him, like the humorous folks over at NoMaas.org. Cashman is a soulless human being- a number cruncher- and the nerds love him, and want to be him.
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george steinbrenner is going to put up 1 million dollars so he can armwrestle sheik for a chance to shave his mustache just to prove that he is the “king of the crumb”, number 1, and just like kennedy mcmahon
What do you think of signing Nick Johnson to DH and fill in at 1B next year? Unless the Nats extended him (I heard rumor, but never saw any proof), I think he's a good fit for Safeco…if LF isn't too clogged for Snelling.
I like the idea of Carlos Lee…30 HRs from a corner outfielder are a must. Trading Raul away makes this possible. Then we could relegate Snelling to DH.
Armas and Wolf are good choices. What do you think of Pettite on a 2-3 year deal? He's getting up there in age, but he could be a big producer for a few years, if he was willing to come to Safeco.
Thoughts on Carlos Pena?
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If you succeed in firing Theo Epstein, I'm sure there will be 20+ teams out there more than ready to hire him.
Seriously, Theo Epstein? The guy brought you a championship for the first time in a century, and you want to fire him because he didn't mortgage the Sox' future to try to catch the Yankees this year?
This is the type of thing that will lead to another century of futility for the Sox.
Good job, now come to San Antonio, Tx. And do us a favor by deporting 50% of the population.
yaaaa go rangers!
Amen to this. Atleast Tampa gave the Rangers all they could handle. The team Cashman put together fell apart. As a Yankee fan, it’s a shame 200 million dollars can’t buy heart.
Agreed, Paul.
That series reminded me of some bad Yankees post-seasons from the 2000′s, like the two Angels series and the Tigers.
The sign that the 2010 were inferior to the 2009 Yankees was the bad September and the inability to win the AL East.
It turned out losing homefield advantage did make it a lot harder for them to win, as well.
After the Game 6 embarrassment, Brian Cashman almost seemed content with getting to the ALCS this year.