He's also made dozens of terrible, very expensive moves--any ONE of which would get most GMs fired.
which ones are you talking about? what's so hard about coming up w/a list of the moves u wish he never made, or did make, to remind us all why you think he's only average as a GM? it's not that hard... i came up with the list of about 50 acquisitions i felt that have either helped the team reach the goals that you said you used to determine a successful season or that have helped to ensure a promising future for this franchise several times already in this thread just to see if you could respond w/some that you disagreed with, & u avoid addressing it every time just like you're doing now... so which ones are these "dozens of terrible very expensive moves that could get any GM fired" that you're talking about? i asked u to just give me 5 off the top of your head & u couldn't even do that... just show me you know what you're talking about & i'll leave you alone... put up or shut up dude.
just in case you missed it, here it is again:
here is a list of all the players that Cashman has acquired either via trade or free agency that have helped this team either win a WS championship, win the AL Pennant, or at least get to the ALCS since he took over in '98 to the last time the Yankees were there in '04 (the benchmark that you seem to be using to determine a successful season):
Chuck Knoblauch
Scott Brosius
El Duque
Roger Clemens
Alfonso Soriano
Jose Vizcaino
David Justice
Glenallen Hill
Luis Sojo
Robin Ventura
Ruben Sierra
Karim Garcia
David Dellucci
Gabe White
Aaron Boone
Scott Proctor
Jeff Nelson
Alex Rodriguez
Tanyon Sturtze
Gary Sheffield
Hideki Matsui
Tom Gordon
Jason Giambi
Mike Mussina
Mike Stanton
Felix Rodriguez
here is a list of all the notable promising prospects & young talent that have been added to this franchise ever since Cashman took over as the GM that are either currently playing on the team or still in the pipeline of farm talent:
Joba Chamberlain
Brian Bruney
Phil Hughes
Ian Kennedy
Chien Ming Wang
Robinson Cano
Melky Cabrera
Humberto Sanchez
Andrew Brachman
Brett Gardner
Austin Jackson
Jose Veras
Edwar Ramirez
Juan Miranda
Dellin Betances
Christian Garcia
Mark Melancon
Justin Christian
JB Cox
Alan Horne
Jesus Montero
David Robertson
I suppose Cashman inherited all these players too? yeah sure, he doesn't deserve any credit for putting those teams together... anyone w/an unlimited checkbook coulda done better, right Bonn? please.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.