CASHMAN STILL IRRITATED OVER ASTROS CHEATING SCANDAL

Remember when the Houston Astros cheated their way to a World Series win? Brian Cashman does, and he is still unhappy with how the MLB handled the situation.

There is a little bit of frustration,” Cashman said. “Frustration after the fact that Jomboy, for instance, put out online and decoded after the A’s Mike Fiers revealed what was transpiring. Frustration in, ‘Wow, we knew something was going on and we complained about it.’ But we didn’t have the fact of what the specifics [were] and once you saw it playing out, once it was decoded, you say, ‘How could we have not have figured that out?’”

When the Astros were stealing signs the Yankees tried to figure out what was going wrong. They did not know how they were conveying the signals and are now frustrated because it seems clear that the whole industry knew but them.

Out of respect for the sport and the commissioner's office, Cashman decided not to be very vocal about the issue. At the end of the day, the decision was out of his own hands and was careful of being critical. 

“Is there frustration in what transpired and how it potentially denied us further play in the postseason? Of course there is. Do I have strong feelings on that? Of course I do. Does it serve me or the Yankees or the industry of baseball by at times letting my guard down and sharing how I really feel from that and the emotion that comes from that? I’m not sure it’s helpful to the process.”

Cashman admitted that even after the punishment was given, irritation still lingered. Even as he acknowledged that Houston fired manager AJ Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow and Boston canned Alex Cora as a result of the scandal.

“They clearly benefited from [the system],’’ Cashman said of the Astros. “They’ve been disciplined for it now and as we move forward, we just have to move forward and not look in the past because there’s nothing we can do about it.’’

I guess it is safe to say that the Yankees will forgive, but they will not forget. I know BYB won't forgive OR forget. We'll keep banging that drum.

--Missy O'Rourke
BYB Contributor
Twitter: @missy_orourke