Yankees Extend Brian Cashman

The New York Yankees announced that General Manager Brian Cashman has accepted a three-year contract extension.  Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.



"Can't wait."

Cashman is 44 years old and has been affiliated with the Yankees since 1986 when he was an intern.  In 1998 he was named Senior Vice President and General Manager, and had contract renewals in 2005 and 2008. 
While we are not usually card-collecting fanatics of front office personnel, we confess amazement that anyone employed by the Yankees for the last 25 years is still living or not receiving shock therapy.  Equally surprising is that Cashman still has any hair left, of any color, while as GM he has constructed teams winning four World Series titles, six American League Pennants, and no guest appearances on "Seinfeld."

Given the sorry state of the Yankees starting rotation, the bullpen, the bench, and consistency among the starting line-up, the 2009 World Series victory aside, it is surprising that the Yankees would ask him to stay on.  However it is surmised that the Yankees want the ebullient Cashman to suffer with them each day of the Alex Rodriguez 10-year / $250M contract he engineered.  Cashman just this week signed CC Sabathia to a contract extension with the Yankees at an added cost of $30M. 
It is fascinating to watch an executive in a high-profile position so regularly making deals procuring average and obvious questionable talent at unimaginable price tags.  We don't have the manpower, time, or interest to research the hypothesis, but we guess that the amount of money spent on free agent busts like Randy Johnson during Cashman's tenure would possibly buy all the teams in the American League West.