Yankees: 3 fireable offenses from Brian Cashman in the last 24 hours
By Mark Powell
Yankees: Brian Cashman should be fired for his left field plan
Brian Cashman went into the season with Aaron Hicks as his starting left fielder. That plan quickly went up in flames, as Yankees fans aimed their frustration at Hicks, who performed poorly. Hicks was eventually released and signed with the Orioles, where he’s had a remarkable turnaround of sorts for a team that has actual postseason hopes.
Cashman heard all offseason long that left field was a weakness for this team. Yet, he chose to do nothing, instead trusting the infrastructure the Yanks had in place. That was just one error in a long list of bad decisions Cashman has made over the last few years.
As Brendan Kuty noted regarding the left field hole, the trade deadline would have been a good time to address said issue:
“But the Yankees didn’t address needs in left field or at third base — problems that should have been addressed in the offseason. They added Middleton, who few Yankees fans knew existed prior to Tuesday. And they kept up with the party line that this team — which sits in last place in the American League East — can and will play better than it has, despite having little evidence to prove that. This was bad,” Kuty wrote.
Instead, the Yankees did nothing. If that’s not another scathing indictment of Cashman’s leadership, nothing is.