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3 worst moves Brian Cashman has ever made with Yankees

By Zachary Rotman

Oct 17, 2019; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman talks on his phone during batting practice before game four of the 2019 ALCS playoff baseball series against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2019; Bronx, NY, USA; New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman talks on his phone during batting practice before game four of the 2019 ALCS playoff baseball series against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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BOSTON – APRIL 22: Mike Lowell #25 of the Boston Red Sox hit a solo home run in the third inning against the New York Yankees on April 22, 2007 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

2. The Mike Lowell trade

Yes, Mike Lowell was a Yankee. Lowell was a top prospect in the Yankees system who was nearing being ready for major league action. The plan was for Scott Brosius, a third baseman the Yankees traded for, to be the stopgap for the 1998 season at the position before Lowell would be ready to take over.

Brosius ended up having an outstanding year, hitting .300 in the regular season and winning the World Series MVP. He re-signed with the Yankees that offseason and never came close to repeating what he did in 1998.

To accommodate Brosius returning to the Yankees, they ended up trading Lowell to the Marlins in exchange for three pitching prospects. It’s safe to say this whole ordeal is one Cashman would change if he had the chance.

Ed Yarnall was the biggest name the Yankees got in the deal. Mark Johnson and Todd Noel were the other two pitchers in the deal. Yarnall gave the Yankees seven appearances and 20 innings pitched in parts of two seasons, Johnson never pitched for the Yankees, and Noel never made it past Single-A.

Lowell on the other hand, turned into a star. First, he won the 2003 World Series as a member of the Marlins against the Yankees. He then made four All-Star teams, won a Gold Glove, a Silver Slugger, and finished as high as fifth in the MVP balloting. That season in which he finished fifth happened to be the 2007 season, as he slashed .324/.378/.501 with 21 home runs and 120 RBI for Boston. The Red Sox won the World Series with Lowell as the World Series MVP.

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