Cashman Speaks On Steinbrenner Situation

Brian Cashman responded to Hank Steinbrenner today with the following (via Tyler Kepner):

“All I know is, I agree that we’re not performing up to our ability for this period of time, and we are better than this,” Cashman said. “Every day we take the field, I believe it’s the day we’re going to be closer to getting back on track. Right now, I believe this is just a bad stretch. We’re a good team playing poorly right now, nothing more.”

When asked about Steinbrenner’s comments pertaining to changes next year (”by force” if need be), Cashman said that he’s not worried about his status with the club and that he’s only concerned with 2008. I don’t think that the “force” comment really pertains to Cashman (although Kepner does), especially since it’s Cashman’s ultimate decision as to where he’ll be in 2009. When asked about trades, Cash also said that the club will fix itself from within (like we haven’t heard that before) and that the team doesn’t really need extra help, they just have to perform up to their best abilities.

There’s nothing really new here. The Yanks are just dealing with some typical Steinbrenner bluster and they’re offering up the same old regurgitated responses. It definitely looks like we’re in for an interesting season. I wonder how Hank will react when (or if) we actually start winning a lot of games? Could silence actually be a possibility? Let’s keep our fingers crossed…