Yanks Beat the Cubs in Extra's
Chase Whitley gave the Yanks another encouraging start, though Girardi again pulled him before it could be a quality start. Dellin Betances once again came into the game at what could have opened it up for the Cubs and shut them down. He is approaching the Jamesian Ideal of using your best reliever in the toughest situations, rather than in a 9th or 8th inning role.
The offense continues to struggle, though Jeff Samardzija was routinely terrific. Still, they couldn't really come through until the 13th when the Yanks got a hit and a walk, then a great sacrifice for Preston Claiborne before Murphy came through.
The Yanks pen is really very good, and should get even better over the coming weeks, months and years.
posted by Kalel9 @ 4:21 PM
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How much underperformance is it going to take for Hal to understand that Cashman needs to be replaced by a truly competent GM who can bring in a supporting staff that can do something well besides turning starters into relievers?
$500m misspent and the offense still sucks.
That would require Hal accepting, among other things, that the team needs to be rebuilt. He/Hank/Levine/Trost would never go for such a thing.
Hal at least seems to finally understand the importance of investing in amateur talent, but it's all a moot point if the team's minor league system can't develop said talent.
I'll start writing more on this tomorrow, but they quietly did do a lot of upgrading of coaching staffs and stuff over the offseason. And I think that was clearly where the development problem was.
The development is a problem but so is the guy who has overseen it since he demanded more power in 2006 as a condition to remaining as GM.
What other GM got to inherit so much great ML talent as he did in 1998, and even though he had well over a decade to prepare for their serial incremental declines, he has failed miserably, having to be continually bailed out by massive capital outlays.
And even with over $200m a year to spend, he whiffed on Holliday, Choo (who Cashman gave a quick deadline to make the decision of his life; that didn't work when Cashman did it with Chris Hammonds and Mike Stanton years ago either) and others, he instead has made the team older and less flexible.
Let's also not forget his partner in suckitude, Eppler, who wanted Joba in the pen despite his potential as a starter.
MLB doesn't need a Yankee tax to achieve parity, they have Cashman's incompetence to do that.
Enough is enough. Accountability...please.
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