Five Years Ago Today
If you want to pinpoint the date when the Yankees changed the way they did business, May 2nd, 2005 is the day to pick. That was the day that the Yankees decided to promote Robinson Cano from the minors and hand him the secondbase job. It marked a change in organizational philosophy. No longer would the Yankees automatically go with the veteran over the rookie, youth would be served. Cano made his debut on May 3rd and has become a force in the lineup.
It took a few years to get the plan implemented because apart from Cano and Wang, the Yankees' farm system was somewhat barren. But, Brian Cashman took full control of all baseball operations in October 2005, healing the Tampa-Yankee split and the results have been pretty good since then. No, they haven't won a title every year, but they are building an organization that can compete every year and that is all you can ask for.
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I also like that they stuck with Gardner. That guy has the right stuff.
I could see trading Tabata, but the Austin Jackson deal is not looking so good now. He's second in the league in hitting. I suppose the bet is that Jackson will never have the power of Granderson, but I'd like to see a little more plate discipline out of Granderson.
Am I the only one rooting for the Yanks to bring up Jon Weber? Yes, he's in a slump in triple A, but that .400+ spring training has got to mean something. It would be great to see that guy finally get a major league at bat.
Posted by: Corey | May 3, 2010 10:43 AM |
Austin Jackson is certainly making that trade look bad, but he has a .527 Avg on ball in play. That is insanely high and won't last. That coupled with his 34 K's so far make me believe that he is going to come crashing down to Earth soon.
And I totally agree on Weber, I really hope the Yankees find a way to get him a big league AB this year. The guy has earned it.
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