BREAKING REPORT: BIG FIRING COMING IN THE BRONX!

I have my own prediction and I have no idea if I'm right about it, but if you know anything about major league baseball... when things don't go well for a team, historically it's the manager that gets the axe.  Now you can sit there and say, "But Casey, it's not Boone's fault!" 

You might be right, but I think it is and I think that Cashman set this team up to fail as well.  Jeff Passan is right. When he was on Michael Kay, he said that Cashman and the Yankees draft poorly and have for years and when Cashman comes out and says the season for the Yankees is a disaster, it is for sure.  But that disaster happened because of Brian Cashman with the help of fan boy Aaron Boone who wants to hang out with his buddies on the Yankee clubhouse and make excuses for them playing poorly rather than managing.  Look, say what you will about a guy like Joe Girardi. I was never a huge fan of him as a manager, but one thing I really respected was the fact that he'd ride his players if they sucked.  Aaron Boone holds their hand and then goes out to the press reminding everyone that "It's right in front of them".  We all know that, TELL YOUR PLAYERS, BUDDY!"

Well, the latest reveal comes from legend Bob Klapisch with the help of Inside the Pinstripes:  Check this out:

"Sources within the organization have indicated someone has to be sacrificed for the debacle," wrote Klapisch. "And it won’t be (general manager Brian) Cashman."

If not Cashman, it seems that manager Aaron Boone would be the one to lose his job. Klapisch says this is a possibility, and although Boone has been more at-ease as of late, Klapisch says It's "highly unlikely" that he has been assured of his job next season. There is a chance that he has already been told he won't be back next year."

Now there are people out there that are not baseball purists when it comes to bad managers.  These days there are people that are like "Well if you fire Boone, he is just the Scapegoat." Whatever.  The bottom line is bad leaders have to be fired.  I want Cashman gone too, but guys like Cashman can surround himself with better baseball people than Brian Sebean and Omar Minaya who TOTALLY sucked at their job this year.  Those guys should not be back either.  But back to the stupid "scapegoat theory" when it comes to Boone.  It's BS. He needs to be fired.  Think about it. Think about 1995. Think about Buck Showalter, a guy that managed well and yes, he was getting his team to the playoffs. But one thing that didn't happen that year is we lost to the Mariners.  And then what happened? Buck got fired.  For the record, Buck Showalter is a hell of a lot of a better manager then than Boone will ever be now.  

Great nugget from Klapisch.  Love it.  I wonder how it will all go down.  Oh, and by the way, if they do fire Boone, they really need to think about firing some of those non-experienced coaches too.  This whole coaching staff is an absolute disaster.

A disaster of a season that didn't start in 2023, but started after Stick Michael left.  It was a slow burn.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE THE YANKEES HAVE YET TO ADDRESS THIS OFFSEASON

We all know by now that the biggest concern the Yankees had this offseason was signing Aaron Judge. And now that this has gratefully happened, the Bombers, if you would still call them that, need to address the fact that they essentially have the same offense they had last year—sans Matt Carpenter and Andrew Benintendi. It's a problem and unless they have a plan to rectify this, could the Yankees be in the same predicament they were at the end of last season when the offense just shut off?

As The Athletic reports, "There’s still time — and they don’t have to necessarily address this until the trade deadline — but, yeah, the lineup still needs improvements for an October run. Without upgrades, the Yankees will rely on guys like Aaron Hicks and Josh Donaldson bouncing back, Giancarlo Stanton and DJ LeMahieu being 100 percent healthy, unproven players like Oswald Peraza and Oswaldo Cabrera being key contributors and Judge being otherworldly." Waiting until the trade deadline is not a risk I want to take and Yankee front office should consider the position they are putting the team in if they don't address this Achilles Heel right now.

Source: NBC Sports

Perhaps the addition of Brian Sabean as executive adviser to general manager Brian Cashman will be just the kick in the butt the Yankees need to make a deal before spring training which is less than a month away. "Sabean, 66, spent 30 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, leading the organization to World Series rings in 2010, 2012 and 2014. He spent the past four seasons as executive vice president for the Giants and previously spent eight seasons with the Yankees, joining the organization in 1985 as a scout. Sabean served as New York's director of scouting from 1986 through 1990, and vice president of player development and scouting from 1990 through 1992," reported ESPN.

With a passion for the game and tremendous experience, Sabean could be the lift the front office needs in getting some late stage off season deals done for the Yankees. The offense just was not there during the last part of the postseason and if they want to remain enduringly competitive, they need to think ahead instead of putting the same lineup in place as they did last fall. 

"A move that very much makes sense is trading for Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds. He is a left-handed presence at the top of the order that the Yankees need and is a good fielder. The price to land him could end up being high; however, it’s the kind of move that would provide balance to their lineup," reported The Athletic.

To improve their chances in the stretch against a team like the Houston Astros, the Yankees need a guy like Reynolds but it will likely cost them more than one of their prospects. And is that a deal they are willing to make? They don't have many more options. Sabean with his experience scouting may be the missing link to make that kind of assessment—stick with your youngsters and develop them or trade one or more away for a seasoned switch-hitting All Star outfielder who requested a trade of his current team earlier this fall. 

The Yankees have a big hole to fill in their lineup and corner outfield position. Is this something they want to fill with current prospects or do they do what Hal Steinbrenner has suggested in his "we are not down yet" statement last month? Make the offense unbeatable and give the Yankees the best chance to win in 2023. Don't wait til the trade deadline to do what needs to be done now. 

--Suzie Pinstripe

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @suzieprof