Younger and Better

“It’s a combination of things. You’d love to get younger and cheaper and better, but a lot of times that’s not possible. If there are older players who can help us accomplish the team goal of winning, then so be it. We’re not going to be interested in getting players just because of future milestones. It’s about what they can do in that win column. That’s the main reason we’re in this.”
Brian Cashman talks about a youth movement:
“I would like to always get younger and better,” Cashman said. “That’s the double-edged sword. I don’t want to get younger and worse. I want to get younger, but while doing so,Cheap LV Sunglasses, remain championship caliber. I think that’s what we’ve been trying to accomplish the last few year. I think we’ve done a good job. At the same time,Cheap Sunglasses, if we have older players who can still do it for us, I don’t have any problem whatsoever in retaining older players who perform at a high level.
Cashman, the last few years,Behind Ahead, gets younger by replacing old players, not with young players, but younger players. He replaced Bernie Williams with Johnny Damon. He replaced Jason Giambi with Mark Teixeira and Bobby Abreu with Nick Swisher. His truly young replacements come from within the system, like Robinson Cano and Brett Gardner. He’ll replace Jorge Posada with Jesus Montero soon. Brian is able to get the Yankees younger without a youth movement.