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[QUOTE="donniesyracuse, post: 4690998, member: 101"]
I share peoples' frustrations with the team currently. As bad as things are, they are still tied for the third wild card. There is a long way to go. The team will likely be active at the deadline. We have also seen how much better this lineup is when healthy.

I do not have strong feelings for or against Cashman, but I believe his level of success meets or exceeds any reasonable minimum standard for a Yankee general manager. The team has made the postseason every year since 2017 ([URL='https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds']Fangraphs[/URL] currently gives the team a 59% of making the playoffs this season). In those years, the team has won [B]99[/B] (2022), [B]92[/B] (2021), [B]33[/B] (2020 [covid]), [B]103[/B] (2019), [B]100[/B] (2018), and [B]91[/B] (2017) games. The team certainly could have performed better (particularly in the postseason), but with the random and unpredictable nature of the sport, I do not think it is reasonable to expect better. The Yankees have a significant financial advantage so their minimum standards for success should be higher than other clubs, but we know there are limits to what money can do. Many of the league's best players are pre-free-agency. A team only gets to flex its financial muscle with players at or past their primes. I am not positive that one could expect a Houston or Tampa Bay GM to have done better for the Yankees, but who knows? Some annoying old man said "you can't predict baseball."
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