At the start of the week, Brian Cashman surprised everyone by making some pretty murderous remarks towards his own player, Giancarlo Stanton.
In fact, the GM outright stated that Stanton “was going to get hurt this season” because “it seems to be part of his game “.
It’s always nice when your boss gives you “love” in public like that…
Obviously, I don’t need to tell you that it caused a reaction. The next day, Joel Wolfe (Stanton’s agent) also took a dig at Cashman, noting that the message was going to be sent to the players that you have to be made of Teflon to play in the Bronx.
And since Wolfe is also the agent of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, possibly the most coveted free agent after Shohei Ohtani, it was not ideal to see that there was tension.
Since then, Cashman has been asked by the media about the reaction to his comments, to which he responded that he “didn’t expect a reaction like that.”
The GM of the Yankees who did not expect the slightest reaction after criticizing his player in public, that seems a bit amateurish. For a guy who’s been around for decades, he should have known better.
Cashman says he spoke with Wolfe to try to clarify things, but he reiterates that he “said what he said.” Obviously, he persists and signs, even if he was able to chat with the main people concerned.
The GM noted that he places a lot of value on Stanton in his lineup and praised him in particular for the way he handles pressure, especially in the playoffs. He sees him as a big piece of his roster, while he sees Stanton as a big part of the team’s winning recipe.
That said, I still have a hard time believing that he didn’t expect such a reaction. He really sounds like a GM who wants to encourage Stanton to accept a trade to get rid of his contract, hence the fact that he has been playing both sides in front of the media for the past few days.
I don’t think the relationship is necessarily broken, but it’s definitely weakened. And maybe that’s exactly Cashman’s goal, in the end…
