Robinson Cano, OPS+

05: 106
06: 126
07: 120
08: 88

I’m willing to chalk 2008 up to an off year. It happens.

Let’s see the results of the other 3 years before we decide the contract’s a bust.

Yeah, no one could have ever guessed that Cano had a tendency to dog it…giving him a long term-deal, wait, it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

..seemed like the right thing to do at the time…

…ah, the Cashman rubber-stamp.

Obviously the answer is that the Yankee GM should only sign people to one year contracts. He has to know, in advance, if someone is going to stink three years from now, and not sign that man for that season. Otherwise he is a failure.

Do you see, yet, Steve, how you have completely unrealistic expectations of GMs?

Well, the only thing that changed was Girardi. The team was the same, the GM was the same.

I’m just sayin…

You can blame the brittle and/or under-performing players. Or, you can blame Girardi. Or, you can blame both. But, if you do, then should you not also blame the man who put the players on the team and who hired Girardi?

I’m just sayin’….

why has the team been going backwards over the last three years or so?
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Good question. Do you want to blame Girardi? Injuries? An offense that scored 200 runs less than they did the year before?

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/five-questions-new-york-yankees3/

MJ – I “win”?

Sorry. I didn’t realize this was a contest. I just thought it was a pleasant exhange of opinions..

Not surprised that you responded with that.

Never mind. You hate him. He stinks. You win.

If Cashman has “enough juice within the franchise to run things smoothly” then why has the team been going backwards over the last three years or so?