DON'T WORRY CASHMAN, I DON'T GIVE UP ON THE YANKS, I GAVE UP ON YOU!

"Don't give up on us. ... This is a championship-caliber operation." - Brian Cashman

The always articulate (*sarcasm*) spin doctor Brian Cashman said that and a lot more. You can read that HERE in case you didn't hear all of it or want to make your eyes and ears bleed some more. It's the same song and dance.  We've seen this press conference before. The only difference is now the calendar has flipped to 2023.

The "championship-caliber operation" that Cashman is referring to is with another organization right now. It is so crazy how BAD this team is and it's not just ONE thing holding this team back. There's a long line of history to prove that. Yes, the injuries suck....but the injuries are not the SOLE reason this team is losing. There is so much more to this.

So sorry, Cashman....I am not buying what you are selling. Are the Yankees injury riddled? YES. In fact, that looks like it got worse after yesterday's game. You can't ignore the other optics at play here - there have been some horrific trades, as well as an incompetent medical staff, a lot of failed analytics and a complete lack of accountability.

Let's start with the bad trades, and not just the trades that are STILL on this team. I hated the Jordan Montgomery trade when it happened. How do you trade away the most capable pitcher whose name ISN'T Gerrit Cole? Then he trades for Frankie Montas who admitted himself that he WAS NOT 100% healthy and then Cashman tries to deflect that. Let's not forget the failure that Sonny Gray was in New York and then there is useless Aaron Hicks and my favorite failure Joey Gallo who was and still is not worth a bucket of baseballs. I am now haunted by his introductory press conference in February 1998, when he conceded that identifying talent wasn’t a personal strength of his as a new GM. The same holds true today 25 years later. In fact, that is the understatement of the century. He's not the only one who is terrible at it....I'd say scouting as a WHOLE sucks. He's just the face of it, unfortunately for him.

And what about the awful medical staff? The biggest standout for me is when Aaron Judge had tests done to get to the bottom of his chronic right shoulder pain in 2020. The tests also revealed a fracture of the ribs AND a collapsed lung that had actually occurred in September of 2019! It would've healed faster and properly if you know.....it had actually been diagnosed at the time, but it wasn't. This team as a whole, just can't stay healthy anyway. I thought the strength and conditioning staff was supposed to you know....help condition and give them routines to STAY healthy. Do you remember Dana Cavalea? He was the Yankees strength and conditioning coach from 2007-2013. They fired him after an injury riddled season and the Yankees failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2008. Novel concept, huh?

There is a complete lack of accountability with this organization as a whole. Hal Steinbrenner continues to trust a GM that has proven he is NOT capable of building a championship caliber team. He trusts a manager that also cannot win....and there are no consequences for it anymore. We all know there USED to be accountability but he is no longer here to get things done. The buck stops with Cashman, and since he has a track record that shows he CAN'T do the job....it's time for someone else to step in and rescue this organization.

Cashman....I don't give up on my team. Yankee faithful do not give up on their team. We still bleed blue. We just give up on you. There's a big difference. 

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj