Cashman notes: Budget, free agents, injuries and more
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Nov 09, 2011 
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This time of the year, it’s hard to get many specifics from Brian Cashman. Obviously it’s not in his best interest to say who exactly he’s trying to acquire, or exactly how much he’s willing to spend, and he didn’t give many details during today’s coat drive in Manhattan.
But he did admit that last winter’s budget was stretched a little bit because Russell Martin became available, and he made it clear that the Yankees spending plans are always open for debate.
“There’s always the target area (for the payroll),” Cashman said. “But obviously we’ve always been in the position thankfully that depending on what becomes available, how it looks, what our current circumstances are, if we’re quote unquote in trouble, we have an ownership that’s receptive to having conversations obviously regarding that. I’ll give you an example.
“Like last year, Russell Martin became available so we stretched to make that work. There wasn’t an intention there. But that was something that he allowed me to do a little bit more on because … we weren’t expecting that. We were going to go with the young catchers. But when he became non-tendered, and if we could get a deal at a certain amount, it took a lot of conversations with Hal Steinbrenner. He allowed that to happen and it was a real big benefit for us and we appreciate that.
“So you have those give and takes that take place. Sometimes it’s no, and sometimes it’s yes, but obviously the flexibility, as you already know, there’s no set number where you can’t exceed it that obviously exists in other environments.”
• Cashman said he still hasn’t talked to Jorge Posada or Posada’s representation. “I’ve got to talk to Seth and Sam Levinson, his agents,” Cashman said. “I’ve got to talk to Jorgie. He’s been a fantastic Yankee, but we’ve made no determination ultimately on (whether he’ll be back). I’m not ready to talk publicly about anything until we’ve had a chance to talk to Jorgie and his agents.”
• Ivan Nova had a routine check up with Dr. Ahmad yesterday and everything was fine. “Full clearance,” Cashman said. “That forearm strain is completely gone.”
• Joba Chamberlain continues to progress from Tommy John: “I could tell you right now (he’ll be ready by) the summer time, he’ll tell you the spring,” Cashman said. “The one thing on Joba that we probably have to be careful about, he wants it yesterday. He’s working his tail off. He’s going to try do everything he possibly can to be ready as soon as he possibly can, and ahead of schedule, that’s where we have to make sure we work with rehab personnel that he takes his time.”
• Cashman said he has not heard whether Eric Chavez has decided to play or retire next year.
• The Yankees knew Jonathan Sanchez was available on the trade market, but Cashman said the Yankees made no attempt to get him and did not feel like they missed out on him. “I know there was a report out there that we were disappointed,” Cashman said. “We were aware, but no. We didn’t have any trade discussions on it.”
• The Yankees have discussed their coaching staff, but Cashman would not comment on which coaches will be back next year. He said that announcement will wait until the staff is finalized.
• Has Cashman gotten any calls on his catching depth? “There are definitely teams that, if they feel they have a chance to get their hands on them, there would be interest in those guys,” Cashman said. “I’ve had a lot of teams express, if you’re ever going to do anything there, mark us down (as being interested).”
• Cashman said there will be some conversations about specific things the Yankees want their individual players to work on this win, but those conversations haven’t taken place yet. “We enter the winter process letting them get away from it,” Cashman said, “then getting their conditioning going in the right direction.”
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m – from last thread – yeah, the players had something to do with the collapse last season. you can’t help but get the impression that they just tuned him out, and were tremendously self-centered. not one wit about the team, and where they were heading as a team.
Obviously.
Joe,
If you tell a story enough times, it will be the final word. Sour grapes alert, but the conditioning guy who got fired said one player admitted they let up. That much was obvious. I guess once they started losing then it got toxic and spiralled out of control.
Delicious!
For those interested (and sorry if this is old news to some) here is a scouting report on Yu Darvish:
http://projectprospect.com/art.....um=twitter
Yeah, I wouldn’t want to be the one to call Jorgie. How tough is that conversation?
Maybe I invite him over for dinner to gain his interest in playing again. Then be supportive but make no promises that he’s part of 2012.
Speaking of management stretching the budget – imagine where this team would be financially if they hadn’t had the front office push the huge A-Rod contract and the signing of Soriano. There is a boatload of cash available for better options (and A-Rod probably could have been had for a lot less).
Chad-Keep up the fine work this off-season. I welcome these notes from Cashman.
Keeps the fans in the loop on how his mind is thinking and what direction he might be headed in.
@fbgchase: Article about Sandusky and PSU from SEVEN MONTHS AGO: http://t.co/F8NwTICv
clarification
I meant a 2013 outfield rotation of Sizemore(healthy)/Grandy/Cespedes would potentially be stud.
I agree that if the Yanks sign him he has to begin the season in AAA until it’s clear that he’s ready and able to handle ML pitching. My thesis is that he could be a potential RF replacement for Swisher in 2013 and that Grady can be a 1yr stopgap tryout in the meantime when coupled with Andrew Jones in a platoon.
If Sizemore is able to regain full health then he’s a clear upgrade as a player to Gardy and could be signed past 2012 in that case. But as a 1yr flier in the 6-7mil range I’d sign him and give him 400 ABs to see what he’s got.
There were times last year where he was flat out dynamic and the Yanks have always salivated over him. A year further away from the procedure maybe he’s completely healed.
“Maybe I invite him over for dinner to gain his interest in playing again. ”
Jorge’s Foundation dinner is in NY tonight. Maybe Cash is going.
LGY
how did no major sports/ news service (espn, I am talking to you) pick up on that?
“Article about Sandusky and PSU from SEVEN MONTHS AGO”
Patriot News had the story long ago too
http://www.pennlive.com/midsta.....n_sta.html
LGY how did no major sports/ news service (espn, I am talking to you) pick up on that?
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Swept under the rug by the powers that be at Penn State.
Pretty sickening they let this guy hang around campus and in the building where some of these incidents took place as recently as last week.
In every scandal that I can remember, human beings have made things worse by doing the minimum, keeping the incident quiet, mistakenly thinking they could handle it themselves, fix it, and make it go away.
In every instance that I can recall the end result was far worse than what might have happened had the incident been dealt with appropriately and truthfully.
In every instance that I can recall, people were so afraid of the short term hurt, that they didn’t think about the long-term damage, and the fallout.
Sometimes human beings are incredibly stupid. And their loyalties misguided.
I don’t care to discuss the blame and the fallout and the ramifications for PSU. But I do want to say that my heart goes out to every young victim and their families. Nothing can ever be done to make it right for them.
# pat November 9th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
“Article about Sandusky and PSU from SEVEN MONTHS AGO”
Patriot News had the story long ago too
http://www.pennlive.com/midsta…..n_sta.html
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How did no one pick that up months ago
Villa Nova-Ya – that’s probably the most intelligent said about the mess.
upstate kate November 9th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
A lot of folks had this. The Grand Jury info to possibly indict Sandusky had already been leaked. The details of indictment didn’t really come out until a few days ago.
BTW, in 1998 Sandusky was only being investigated for showering with a young boy who was working out with him. His mother reported it to the PSU Campus police in 1998. No sexual stuff was discovered from that then. Sandusky was dismissed/resigned in 1999 because of this.
pat,
Wow. It was pretty much spelled out there. And you know it was squashed, “How did you get that report?”
And the comments are so…illuminating. Like they’re brainwashed or something.
The false outrage and instant fire and brimstone reactions to this are… boring the hell out of me.
Yes, it is a terrible thing that should not have happened.
Yes, it could have been handled and reported to the authorities better.
… but I don’t give one iota about JoePA or Sandusky or any of them. I didn’t give a rats about JoePA before this happened and I care even less now. Fire em, Arrest em… whatever will happen will be handled by the authorities and no amount of bickering about the details around here will make a lick of difference.
Life lesson… This is why you don’t make role models out of coaches and athletes.
They are on absolutely no moral high-ground, and they are no different than the common idiot… and they are only going to let you down in the end.
Can we talk about baseball now? What good does it do to go over the same nonsense over and over and over and…. enough already.
LGY, et al
Popular wisdom is now that Paterno did not write his farewell speech at all but that it was probably written by his attorney son Mark, who is also probably giving him legal advice on what he should and shouldn’t be doing at this point.
FWIW
The real question is… what is going on in the world right now that we are being distracted from? This story could have leaked at any point in the last 5 years, clearly enough people knew about it that there is no way it could have been over-looked… so why now?
Trisha! True!
Irreverent Discourse November 9th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
In 2009 one of the victims went to the police & filed a report against Sandusky. The rest is followup on this.
@m from previous thread – Based on the number of victims who have appeared in the last few days alone the rumors are getting louder about a long-running conspiracy to cover up what was evidently somewhat well-known behavior on the part of Sandusky.
nydnraiss
Willie Randolph to have regular role on new YES “Yankees Baseball Daily” show, which debuts Monday. Sign of things to come?
eboland11
Cashman wants Noesi to be ready to “compete for a rotation spot” in spring training
is Willie no longer working for the Os?
It’ll be nice having Willie Randolph back in the fold. I hope it’s something that will be ongoing one the season starts. (Of course, if he is hired to coach or manage elsewhere, I’d wish him luck!)
The young victim who went to the police in 2009–that kid is the hero. His action likely spared more future victims.
I’d like to see the PSU students find where he lives and cheer him in front of his home.
Thanks, Mike, for the response.
It’s likely to be a bigger can of worms than anyone expected, and probably why it stayed quiet for so long.
Paterno will take his fair share of heat, but the university failed on many levels. Covering it up and not doing anything about it. Complicit and totally opens themselves up to civil lawsuits. All could have been avoided had they done the right thing early on.
But it seems to have stretched beyond the university to law enforcement?
Latest on Yu Darvish from a good website-yakyubaka.com
Read as far back as November 6th.
http://yakyubaka.com/tag/yu-darvish/
A good read!
http://www.grantland.com/story.....penn-state
is Willie no longer working for the Os?
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Screw the O’s . I hated seeing Willie wearing the same uniform as that classless freak Showalter.
Yay Noesi!
@TrippingOlney: ADRIAN GONZALEZ ON THE COVER OF MLB 12: THE SHOW. NO WORD ON IF THERE WILL BE UNLOCKABLE BEER AND FRIED CHICKEN PARTIES IN THE CLUBHOUSE
great news about noesi. he’s got such good stuff, excited to see a young guy get a chance
what do you guys think about beurlhe? how many years?
LGY,
Lol. They should also have unlockable temper tantrums by Lackey and Beckett.
I think it would take 3 years or more to get Buerle to NY and I wouldn’t go there if so.
kd November 9th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
great news about noesi. he’s got such good stuff, excited to see a young guy get a chance
what do you guys think about beurlhe? how many years?
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Two years. He also stands a better chance at postseason money he might not otherwise get.
Jay Bilas – “This has been a conspiracy of cowards…The failures are too numerous to count.”
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
? Martin Luther King Jr.
“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
? Martin Luther King Jr.
trying again, without the question marks…
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Hard to argue with Jay
Forget about Joe Paterno. Fight the real enemy!
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tum.....o5_400.jpg
Sis – made me tear up. Very powerful.
Jeers – thanks for the laugh!
Feds (DOE) are going to investigate Penn State situation.
Good.