IT'S TIME TO CUT THE CRAP AND REBUILD FOR 2023!

WHAT. JUST. HAPPENED?

I can't believe what just happened. I don't want to believe what just happened. I'm literally sick to my stomach. I hate the ASSTROS and I absolutely hate the downward spiral this team has taken. I hate that Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman have these high expectations, but they can't deliver....and they are still here. What happened to accountability?

I think the Yankees need to say goodbye to both Boone and Cashman. It's time. In 2017 Joe Girardi lost the ALCS and didn't come back and was "at odds" with some of the younger players and the Yankees chose to walk away. Boone is supposed to be this great "players manager" and we just saw his players that he is supposed to have a great repour doubt him.

And I've always doubted him. I know I'm not alone and fans may not "count" but when fans and players start criticizing you that says a lot. This team doesn't know how to win with Boone in charge. They don't know NOW, and I don't think they ever will know because I don't think anyone can TEACH Boone how to manage and win and then expect that to translate to the team.... especially if the team no longer includes Aaron Judge who carried the team on his back all season.

The blame doesn't fall only on Boone. He tried to "manage" the team that was given to him and that was constructed by Brian Cashman. A year ago, I said IT'S TIME TO STICK IT TO CASHMAN: 2022 IS "MAKE IT, OR BREAK IT!" and I still feel that way.... now more than ever. Cashman hasn't been able to get the job done and he's had more chances than anyone should. He also has a budget that many small market GMs would drool over, but he hasn't been able to construct a winning team. A winning team doesn't mean the team that spends the most money either, the Dodgers and Mets are proof of that. It's about finding the RIGHT players....and he hasn't done it.

Yet we start fresh every Spring with Cashman and Boone hoping for a different result and it is insanity. I'm tired of it. It's time for new blood.... everywhere. Clean house and let's reconstruct this, but I don't think the Yankees will. They don't think that way. I don't understand their logic at all.

I'm tired of losing. I'm tired of writing about losing. I'm tired of complaining about Boone and Cashman but as long as they are here that seems inevitable. Now I just hope and pray that the Phillies can crush the ASSTROS....and then write about a new manager and GM coming in 2023. I'm not going to hold my breath about that last part.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj