Heyman: Yanks want answers on Cash’s future

Yeah, those front office deadlines with the Santana negotiations and the A-Rod opt-out were really enforced. If i’m Cash, i’m taking the time I need

Matt Millan is available.

This column is another hatchet job from a Yankee Hater. The clown who wrote a book called “The Last Night Of The Yankee Dynasty”
Lets get into this column, and see why it is nothing but trash. Lets start with his “EXAMPLES” of the Yankees signing people instead of drafting.
2006: Signed free-agent center fielder Johnny Damon; the Red Sox drafted pitchers Daniel Bard (28th pick) and Kristofer Johnson (40th pick/supplemental).
and this one from 2004: Signed free-agent reliever Tom Gordon; the White Sox drafted pitchers Gio Gonzalez (38th pick/supplemental) and Ray Liotta (69th pick). I did not realize that Bard, Johnson, Gonzalez and Liotta were all stars?
Of course, he OVERLOOKED the fact, they let Tom Gordon go and got Joba and IPK as supplemental picks. I wonder if Boston would trade Bard and Johnson for Joba and IPK? It could not possibly get worse for Olney’s argument could it? Try this one: 2001 DRAFT
• Signed free-agent pitcher Mike Mussina; the Orioles drafted second baseman Mike Fontenot (19th pick) and shortstop Bryan Bass (31st pick/supplemental
Are you kidding me, that garbage for Mike Mussina?
`Baseball America (NOT exactly Yankees.com), ranked their 2006 & 2007 drafts NUMBER ONE. In addition to Joba, Kennedy and Robertson have played in the Bronx. These names were also in that draft. McAllister, Betances, and Melancon . Since he likes to bring up “Pedigree” and David Parrish, lets mention ANOTHER CATCHER and “” pedigree” AUSTIN ROMINE from the 2007 draft. Even the weak 2008 draft, it brought Garrison Lassiter and Brett Marshall.
There is nothing ESPN like better than to trash the Yankees. Every serious TV critic knows they are nothing except promoting themselves and pushing their agenda (Which is why they push sports like WNBA and MLS that have lower fan interest than bowling) . That is also why Gammons, Phillips, Kruk and Olney are there to promote the Anti- New York agenda. They are so bad, they make Joe Morgan look like Phil Ruzzuto.

I don’t find the expectations unrealistic given the resources that the Yankees have. The idea is to use them aggressively. The Yankees make a fortune because they put a quality product on the field year in and year out. The way they’ve done that is to overspend. You make money by spending money – and vice versa. Since Cashman has emerged as the organization’s top gun, the Yankees have gone gun shy and not spent on the Beltran’s or the Guerroro’s or the Dice-K’s and have been outmanuevered not only for Dice-K, but for others such as Inoa. People are telling me that others in the organization are responsible for not getting these players. Its always someone else’s fault within the organization – never Cashman’s. Now I’m being told that its unrealistic to expect Cashman to produce a winner. If that’s the case, let Cashman go to Kansas City and you can go root for them. Meanwhile, let’s get somebody in here willing to use the resources available to keep the Yankees at the top.