I don't fault Brian Cashman for most of the mistakes that people try to pile on him. Things like Kevin Brown and Jose Contreras are products of the Big Stein's influence. He can't really be blamed for Carl Pavano either since Pavano was targeted by every team that was in contention at the time including the Red Sox. But one mistake is now out shining his Jaret Wright signing.
Kei Igawa is a complete diaster. I used to think he had a chance to be reasonably successful at the big league level because he could strike people out, but he has thoroughly proven that he will never be successful in the hyper competitive AL East. Hopefully the Padres still want to give him a shot in that massive ball park of theirs or else Cashman will look like a fool for pulling him off waivers last season. Right now I would take some peanuts and crackerjacks for him and hope he never comes back.
These last four games have been awful to watch. The Yanks are a shell of themselves at the plate without Arod and Posada. Hopefully Darrell Rasner has some magic left and the Yankees get to Bonderman early. The Tigers bullpen is nothing without Zumaya and Todd Jones is a joke of a closer as evidenced by last night's three run ninth. Get the starters out early, say by the fifth or six, and the Yankees should be able to open up for some runs. In 37 games they have only scored 10 runs once compared to five times last season and six times in '06.
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