Brian Cashman
Brian Cashman
Brian McGuire Cashmanis an American baseball executive for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He has served as the General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Yankees since 1998...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth3 July 1967
CityRockville Centre, NY
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Obviously George Steinbrenner is a huge fan of Bernie Williams and appreciates everything he's done for this franchise and what we've all done together. Our owner knows that all the way down to a Yankee fan who only attends one game a year. The entire franchise knows what Bernie Williams is and what he's meant to this place.
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Shawn deserves all the credit. There was no one person in the organization who suggested he would do what he did for us.
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Joe has a great deal of trust in him. Joe has worked close with Ron for a number of years, and he's been talking to him for three years about replacing Mel when Mel decided to retire. This is the man he wanted.
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Before we progress, we want the specialist to make sure there's nothing we're not missing. We're not going to do anything until the back specialist has a chance to give his opinion, tell us there's nothing going on.
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Our reports from Gordon Blakeley and John Cox were pretty accurate. No one predicted 50 home runs. He lived up to our expectations. We knew we were getting a run producer, someone who would hit 20 home runs and more.
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He's been young everywhere we've put him. But obviously he is very talented.
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He's not worried. He feels he can pinch run right now and maybe hit.
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That's what's behind the sense of urgency that's here . . . we're all on the clock.
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It's an absolute guessing game trying to figure out who can thrive here and who will fail. It's almost impossible.
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I don't think it's in my best interest to say I have a No. 1 priority and here it is. We'll get very aggressive when we feel the prices come within something that makes sense.
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It's helpful, but we're hoping we don't have to turn to those options. We have more depth on paper than we did last year, and hopefully they're quality options. There's a very high ceiling.
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This particular free-agent market is difficult. Because of that, it's going to promote a lot more aggressive trade discussions.
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He provides a lot of interest from Japan. What generally sells -- because we?re a business -- is team and winning,
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Quite frankly, he can do some things more than the individual who held that position the previous years.