SO ANALYTICS WERE THE PROBLEM, HUH MR. CASHMAN?

Why does Brian Cashman try to gaslight us?  I'm so glad Zack Britton came out to reveal that there were actually issues with the analytics in the Yankee clubhouse and front office.  Very telling, isn't it?  Cashman will continue to act like it's no problem, but clearly there was one.  The athletes know.

Terrific nugget and it came from Britton's mouth.  I love this so much.  Inside the Pinstripes writes:

"Britton revealed that there was a "rift" in the team's clubhouse over the organization's over reliance on analytics.

"So I don't really know what discussions are going on. I just know that, as a player there, a lot of times in the clubhouse it felt like there was this disconnect between some of the things we were presented with, and what we were seeing on the field as players... Sometimes that creates a rift, which is not what you want. You want from a clubhouse culture standpoint everything to mesh well together — whether that be the communication from the front office, to the play on the field, and I felt that sometimes the two just weren't connecting well.

"What the players were saying, like, 'Hey, we should be doing this,' and 'This has been working well,' and then sometimes the way that was implemented through the data didn't line up, and I don't think I'm the only player who feels that way."

By the way, the quote came when Britton did an interview with the New York Post.

But damn... How amazing is that? And if you remember after the season ended, it was Aaron Judge who came out and said that maybe they were getting the wrong numbers.  That's a direct link to think observation by Britton and of course, all of that goes against what Brian Cashman was trying to do a few months ago being defensive and trying to deflect that there was a problem. Bottom line, there was a problem and it was reflective in the Yankees season. Sad.

I love this nugget.  Cashman should be ashamed of himself.  More so, what changes have the Yankees implemented since Hal came out and said they were gonna do a "deep dive"? I've seen none.  Have you seen any?

Cross your fingers folks, we need big time signings and big-time changes... and right now this off season feels like more of the same.  Sad.

Also read: YANKEE PLAYERS MOST LIKELY GIVEN "WRONG NUMBERS" FROM ANALYTICS DEPARTMENT