Brian Cashman

Ohtani? Bellinger? Nah…Ichiro.

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The MLB Hot Stove is really Hot Stovin’. A free agent class led by Shohei Ohtani, Cody Bellinger, and as always…Rich Hill.

But there’s an old familiar face that no one seems to be paying attention to…Ichiro.

Footage dropped Tuesday of Ichiro’s most recent outing, and it did not dissapoint:

I mean…that’s insane.

In the age of Ohtani, what Ichiro’s doing at 50 may just be more impressive. A 50 year old throwing a complete game, almost hitting 90 on the gun, all while going 2-5 at the plate? Guy’s still got it!

Shohei’s probably going to get a half a billion dollar contract. While baseball doesn’t have a salary cap, why wouldn’t a forward thinking GM go chess not checkers and pinch a few pennies by getting a slightly older player who can also pitch and hit?

If you’re a Brian Cashman, Ben Cherington, or Alex Anthopoulos sitting in your hoity toity GM office right now reading this…let’s chat, our DM’s are open.

Brian Cashman Has Great Excuse for One Year of the Yankees Thirteen Year World Series Drought

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The Yankees have earned their arrogance. They view themselves as the best organization in the history of baseball, and the may be right. They have 27 World Series championships, 16 more than The St. Louis Cardinals, who come in second with 11.

A once proud franchise was embarrassed by their longtime SVP and GM on Thursday.

Speaking to The Athletic, Cashman said: “The only thing that stopped [the 2017 Yankees] was something that was so illegal and horrific…[s]o I get offended when I start hearing we haven’t been to the World Series since ’09. Because I’m like, ‘Well, I think we actually did it the right way.’ Pulled it down, brought it back up. Drafted well, traded well, developed well, signed well. The only thing that derailed us was a cheating circumstance that threw us off.”

So, we’re going with the cheating excuse, to explain one year of a 13 year drought…got it.

Cashman’s concocted vindication of his inability to deliver New York a championship (in what is a long period for them) is obvious at best, and dense at worst. Buddy, you more often than not have a bottomless pit of cash to buy your championships. Since 2010, the Yankees have been top three in Opening Day payroll every single year other than 2018, when they were seventh.

The Astros were cheating against everyone in 2017, not just the Yankees. Everyone’s hit with injuries, the ball bounces the wrong way for everyone. So save the crocodile tears, add a few zero’s to some contracts, and purchase yourself another trophy, just like the Yankee way dictates.