Yankees Pursuit of $120 Million Slugger May Be ‘Clouded’ by Scandal
Brian Cashman has been the Yankees general manager for the last 26 years, and considering the organization’s history of volatility in that role, he probably does not have to worry about job security much, even with the Yankees’ sitting on a 15-year World Series championship drought, one of the longest in franchise history.
That championship drought has been a point of contention for Cashman, who has long insisted that the 2017 Yankees could well have won the World Series if they were not “cheated” (as he says) by the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal. Cashman has been openly hostile to all things Astros in the years since.
But would that preclude him from pursuing one of the most important cogs in that Houston title team, especially if that cog could be a perfect fit for the Yankees roster? That is an important question this winter as the Yankees prepare to reconfigure their infield, with third base coming in as a top priority.
