New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman admitted the obvious on Wednesday.
Cashman said New York will take the time it usually spends in the playoffs to evaluate what went wrong, and that he's already had several meetings with chairman Hal Steinbrenner:
"Well, we're gonna evaluate it all, clearly. Unfortunately, we're gonna have some time to do that. But let's say everybody's had a little bit of a hand in it, from top to bottom and it's our job to find out where. Obviously that's what we're going to be up to and tasked with, I certainly met with Hal Steinbrenner on several occasions already and this is not something we're accustomed to or used to.
The Yankees haven't finished below .500 since 1992 and are obviously on pace to do that now. Even when they last missed the playoffs in 2016, they at least got something out of it by trading names like Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller for significant prospects. They didn't do that this season, with deal for relievers Keynan Middleton and Spencer Howard representing their only trade deadline moves.
The big question now becomes if there is any reason to hope the Yankees will be better next season. They might be healthier, yes, but that's never a guarantee when everyone is getting a year older. If they don't improve, the seat might get hot for both Cashman and manager Aaron Boone."The fight is there. The care is there. The intent is there. Being a part of this organization for quite some time, I do know the difference when you're bad ...
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