GEORGE IS DEAD. GET OVER IT ALREADY!

I'm so tired of fans complaining that we didn't sign Manny Machado. Let's be honest... We didn't need him!

And this is the best part... over the past 5 years we have seen a pivot in the way the Yankees do business.  Brian Cashman appears to be smarter in his approach... building a farm system, but not only that... KEEPING IT.  Looking for key pieces to add to the team, but not breaking the bank. It's the way this team should have always been run.

The problem is George Steinbrenner, as much as we all love him now, was hated in New York because of his knee-jerk reaction when it came to signing top free agents at top dollar.  How often did that plan each season work out for us? a few championships... 3 times in recent memory? The late 70's were great and of course 2009.  But now it's been 10 years since our last World Championship and finally the Yankees have gotten away from stupid spending. We spend on what we need now... and we're letting our youth flourish... and if we can catch lightening in a bottle with a semi-broken down player or pitcher or get a near top starter cheaper in a trade... so be it.  We have dominance with what we have. I'm proud of the shift the Yankees made. I'm very happy with Brian Cashman.

MLB Trade Rumors has this on Cashman and his approach, especially when it came to passing on Machado... and I love it:

"...the Yankees are “banking on the problem being fixed,” according to Cashman, who signed Tulowitzki after the Blue Jays released him and ate nearly all of the $38MM left on his contract. Tulowitzki was one of several offseason acquisitions for the Yankees, though the big-spending franchise didn’t break the bank on any of its pickups – something it often did under late owner George Steinbrenner, who passed away in 2010. 

'Those days are gone,' Cashman said of his former boss’ reign, owing to the 'completely different' system the league operates under now compared to then. Cashman, who answers to Steinbrenner’s son Hal these days, contends that 'the game now rewards — and reward might not be the right word — but it rewards losing.  It drags teams that are struggling back up into the winning environment, and penalizes teams that have been winning by pushing them back.'

As (John) Harper (SNY.tv) points out, Cashman was likely alluding to the luxury tax, revenue sharing and the league’s capped spending on draft picks and international signings as detriments to the Yankees and other clubs of their ilk." 

The decisions made by George are gone, folks. Be happy about that.  These are the new Yankees, and they are damn exciting thanks for Cashman and co.

Embrace it.