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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I won't comment on specific trade rumors or rumblings, ... It's my job to float ideas, weather balloons, out to my counterparts. Ninety-nine percent of them fall to the ground helplessly.
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It's just as simple as that, ... Any time that individual has to take their time away from those endeavors - if they're working on potential trade ideas or things of that nature, or thinking about the coaches, whatever the ideas may be - that's how we're going to simplify it. It fits rather well together, and that's clearly what we all want.
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As with any player who doesn't have a no-trade clause, I would listen if someone came up with something that might make us better. That's the nature of the business.
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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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We've got to the 15th to try to get something done. In the meantime, I'm gathering all the information about what the available players on the trade market and the free-agent market are. We'll prioritize those. In the event on Nov. 16 we don't have Hideki Matsui, it will be another avenue to pursue.
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We just want him right. He's a starter, so we need to build him back up to be a starter. But today was good news for me.
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We just tried to get the best staff possible. We both thought having people with managerial experience would be great.
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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.
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I've been burned before. But I haven't been burned this year.
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Early in the year, you wanted to play us. At this time of year, people have to take us seriously again.
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Flash is a guy who knows a tremendous amount about the game and he has a way with people. I'd love to get him involved somehow.
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Quite frankly, he can do some things more than the individual who held that position the previous years.
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We didn't hit with runners in scoring position. That's going to happen. If we did, our record obviously would be better. There's not much to judge from six games. We know we've got our work cut out for us.
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Bernie knows he's here to help us any way that he can. He's helping us with the bat, but he also knows that this time of year, it's all hands on deck. Bernie is the ultimate team guy.