Hal rejects reality. That's the only way to put it after his last interview, you can read details HERE if you didn't get to hear it on YES Network. The Yankees are stuck in a rut and in a pattern of doing the same things over and over again expecting different results instead of evolving and progressing. "We get accused of being a stagnant organization sometimes. We’re not, it's just not accurate. If it was, then we would make changes," Steinbrenner said.
Okay Hal, you are not stagnant from a business sense. The Yankees make plenty of money and will continue to do so even with fans growing increasingly unhappy. However, from a baseball sense, the Yankees are as stagnant as they come. Their stagnation is as clear as day when you breakdown that they've had the same GM for two decades an haven't won since 2009, no managerial leadership in the clubhouse, no baseball smarts about how to win games and build a great lineup. What about the questionable signings? Seriously, Jacoby Ellsbury and Aaron Hicks worked out marvelously, huh?
Except they are doing everything we aren't doing...winning and without spending a ton of money. They develop players which allows them to have a payroll under $200 million and be down in payroll 15% year over year. That speaks volumes alone! Cashman hasn't done a good job of getting quality players who not only contribute but will also be reliable building blocks for the future. Instead, he wastes money on aging players past their prime, journeymen and band-aid fixes instead of real solutions. The Yankees were third highest in payroll for 2022 and it still resulted in an ALCS exit. The Yankees only know how to rely on their deep pockets, and nothing else. Again, not evolving.
MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE!
It's just not Hal,it's the other's in the front office, Randy Levine comes to mind, this guy likes to hear himself talk when he is interviewed,these people do enough to be competitive, while counting the money and producing zero championships.But you know what the fans care more than they do and that is the sad part of the whole thing.
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