DON'T BLAME CASHMAN...

There were plenty of people calling for Brian Cashman’s head on a platter after it was announced that Michael Pineda would require shoulder surgery and was done for possibly 12 months. Many questioned why Brian didn’t know about this injury before the trade that sent Noesi and Montero to the Mariners. But according to Cash they did everything possible to have discovered any potential problems prior to the trade. The Mariners GM said he was shocked to hear this news (what else was the guy going to say?). I think there was very little Brian Cashman could have done to discover that Pineda was going to break down this early in the season. Hopefully, when Pineda returns next year, he will be the pitcher Brian Cashman and the Yankees had hope he would be.

With that said, Brian Cashman and the Yankees need to make some changes to fix what is clearly broken with regards to the pitching. The usual route the Yankees have taken in the past is to just let struggling pitchers keep going until they can figure out a trade for another big named arm. This is definitely not what they want to do this time.

It’s time for Cash to go in a different direction for a solution. The Yankees have the talent they need to have a good starting rotation. He just needs to pull the trigger and make some difficult decisions.

If Cashman can make this work without sacrificing any of the current talent, I will applaud him. I hope he makes the right choices in the next weeks to get this team back on the right track toward the post season.

If I could say anything to Brian Cashman it would be to remember the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Don’t do it Brian – think outside the box this time. I promise you won’t regret it.