ROLL OVER AND PLAY DEAD!

In case you were wondering....your dog can do what Brian Cashman does. In fact, I'd bet money that your dog does it better than Cashman does. My dog rolls over and plays dead, and so does Cashman. He's set us up for another catastrophic season.

The Yankees traded for Juan Soto to get ONE YEAR of one of the best hitters in baseball. There will be no extension for Soto, so this should've been an "ALL IN" move. But that didn't happen. Instead, the Yankees rolled over and played dead. They've done nothing meaningful since.

No, Marcus Stroman isn't meaningful. The Yankees are banking on him to be a number three type of starter, and that's a huge risk for a guy who is injury prone and just doesn't pitch a lot of innings. Credit for the big offer to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but since then the Yankees have been too quiet. After they struck out, they should've refocused and signed another starter. Why would the Yankees hold back on an "ALL IN" season? You have one guaranteed year of Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole and Soto together....and Cashman has blown it.

I understand the hesitation on the Blake Snell offer. The Yankees would be stupid to go nine years, but Spring Training is waiting and Snell still doesn't have a home. It's time to engage again and try because Stroman isn't going to save this rotation and we can't bank on Nestor Cortes or Carlos Rodon having a great bounce back season. You just got Soto....build around him even more! If the Yankees can't sign Soto after the season this will all be a giant waste!

And I do mean build around Soto. Aside from Soto, the lineup is the same and he can't bat one through nine. You have the same guys who can't hit for average, swing for the fences, strand runners in scoring position and strike out. Soto alone, isn't enough offensively. And the same goes for the starting rotation. We need another arm that can give us some innings and will strengthen the rotation. I can't hear anymore arguments that Stroman is an upgrade....his stats and history say otherwise. The bullpen isn't as deep as it was last year either. Letting Wandy Peralta walk for $4 million a year is a drop in the bucket for the Yankees and that will come back to bite them if they do not add some more relief arms. The Yankees need more depth.

And now as I sit back and digest this Corbin Burnes traded to the Orioles move I am sick to my stomach. Cashman rolled over on this one too. Or maybe, he just "didn't think Burnes was a difference maker" because we've heard that before. At any rate, the Orioles have their ace and now, quite a nice 1-2-3 punch in their rotation. Burnes is easily one of the top ten starters in the game. The fact that the Orioles got Burnes for the low price of two prospects that weren't even in their top five and a draft pick is a good snag for the Orioles, who look more dangerous than ever. Cashman didn't put in the effort, he rolled over and played dead.

I know Soto is a big deal, but nothing since him is and the Yankees needed to do better. Instead, Cashman is asleep on the job. If the Yankees aren't playing in the World Series nine months form now, Cashman shouldn't be playing dead anymore....he should be looking for new employment.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj