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
cover games hard level speak until
We're going to cover it, definitely. What we take from it, I don't know, because it's hard to speak to something that never has been done before. It's hard to say until we see the level of competition, but if there are games being played, we're going to cover them.
closer
We're getting closer to something we're comfortable with.
team pitcher
There are more teams looking for pitchers than there are pitchers. That's why it's pricey.
calmed defensive johnny needs player spoke
I spoke to Johnny yesterday. He's not worried. He just needs to get it calmed down, so that's why he's not a defensive player for them right now.
cares george gets investment joe owns paid reflected work
George Steinbrenner owns this club, has a big investment in it, and he cares passionately about it. That is sometimes reflected in his comments. But Joe Torre gets paid to make these decisions. Some work out and some don't.
qualify style talking throughout until
It's not my style to qualify where we are throughout the process, ... We'll keep talking until we get it done or not.
grinding team
That's how our team has approached it the whole month. It's a grind, and we're grinding it.
agents changes great left mind officially
There's nothing to report. He's officially retired. The way his agents left it, if he changes his mind on that, they will let us know. I'm not going to harass them. We have a great relationship.
preference prepared took
It took as long as it did for a reason, ... My preference was to stay, but I was prepared to go if I had to.
covered help hopefully position process time today
Hopefully the process that we covered today will help put us in better position to do so. But time will tell.
calmed defensive needs player treating
He needs to get it calmed down, and that's why he's not a defensive player right now. That's all I can say right now. I'm not out there. He's not in our hands. It's not our workout. We're not treating him.
invested
Hopefully, this is nothing, but we want to make sure. We have a lot invested in him.
deciding sign week
He didn't want to sign here and then in a week be traded. I think that was the deciding factor.
spring
He's going to have to go through Spring Training.