MJ: I believe Don was referring to the type of player, not the player himself.

Having said that, Cashman has acquired low-buck productive players; Bruney & Rasner come to mind.
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Bruney, Rasner, Small, Chacon, Lidle, Wilson…

Dunno how many times we need to say the same things. These types of moves may not always work but it’s clear that he’s been able to pull some off.

MJ: I believe Don was referring to the type of player, not the player himself.

Having said that, Cashman has acquired low-buck productive players; Bruney & Rasner come to mind.

Cashman’s going nowhere. He’s like the third Steinbrenner son.

As long as the family owns and controls the team, he’ll be there as long as he wants–which will be until he retires.

Philly? DC? Come on. Cashman has 209 million reasons to stay put.

And just for Steve: After 50 years of service to the franchise starting from when he was a college intern, there will be a Cashman plaque in monument park!

Ca$hman missed on a good pickup with Ryan Church. That is the kind of not-high-salaried player this team used to add.
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What would the Yanks have had to give up for Church? Austin Jackson? Jose Tabata? I assume if the Mets had to give up Milledge, the Yanks would have to give up one of their top OF prospects. And where would Church play anyway?

I’m not saying Church hasn’t been solid for the Mets but I just don’t know that you can give Cashman grief for not getting a player he didn’t absolutely need at the cost of a player he couldn’t afford to give up.

Ca$hman missed on a good pickup with Ryan Church. That is the kind of not-high-salaried player this team used to add.

Anybody could do what Ca$hman has done with all the money available. Arguing that point is a waste of time.

It’s more than a little curious that Joba’s name is not mentioned.

The Beckett non-move was more about not having the ability to absorb Lowell’s contract.

Cash opted for Vazquez over Schilling, a move that Schilling himself said that he would have made.

But as Bondy noted, Cash has only had added power since the end of 2005. It’s too soon to conclude that his moves have been unsuccessful.

Steve, did you see what the Dbacks asked for Schill from the Yanks and what they took from the Sox for him?

The Yankees didn’t have anything to trade for Beckett either. Nothing they could do.

Did you want Vazquez in uniform after his first season in the bronx?

Kevin Brown was a disaster, Weaver was a disaster, Pavano was a disaster; however, the Yanks weren’t even the higher bid to sign him.

Gil Meche? Is Sherman serious?

Another pick and choose, selective spin on Cashman’s moves, including the always ridiculously and totally unrelated comparison to the Red Sox. Let’s see: Beckett was aquired in a trade giving up massive talent that Epstein didn’t play a role in (the Yankees were never even in consideration), The Yankees tried to get the Schill but Arizona hosed them and demanded the sun and moon yet took a bag of balls from the Sox literally to spite them because of the owner/gm fued, and its not like the Yanks didn’t TRY for Dice-K, they simply got outbid by the Sox on a crazy offer. I fail to see how any of that shows poor judgement by Cashman.

Besides, Dice-K hardly seems worth the amount they are paying him. He can try and get away with walking 8 men in 5 innings all he wants, but that only lasts so long…