Technically he wasn't fired. His contact was up and they parted ways.
Girard was a good manager, but I got the sense the players didn't love him.
Baseball manager is one of the most over analyzed and overrated (in terms of importance), roles in all of sports.
I trust Cashman to make a solid choice as a replacement.
Anyone who overreacts to this on either extreme is very misguided.
Just a little surprised by this as the team overachieved this year and should be pretty good for the next few years.
No one expected this team to play in the ALCS in the beginning of the year.
Baseball managers might be the most important managers of all sports ists 162-game season (8 months) keeping the clubhouse in order and having good chemistry and managing your Bullpen and pitching staff are essential to being a good manager and not every manager can do it
That's why catchers and career minor Leaguers are usually the better managers rather than All-Star Superstar players
Girardi got a raw deal
Raw deal? He kept his job for 10 years. That doesn't happen in professional sports anymoreBaseball managers might be the most important managers of all sports ists 162-game season (8 months) keeping the clubhouse in order and having good chemistry and managing your Bullpen and pitching staff are essential to being a good manager and not every manager can do it
That's why catchers and career minor Leaguers are usually the better managers rather than All-Star Superstar players
Girardi got a raw deal
Raw deal? He kept his job for 10 years. That doesn't happen in professional sports anymore
This is the Yankee way. In the end , They eat their winning managers.
Cashman is the most important guy in the organization. He'll make the right choice for manager
This is the Yankee way. In the end , They eat their winning managers.
It's not a raw deal and was pretty well known his time with the Yankees had run it's course. People thought Showalter got a raw deal and Torre was a bad choice, it turned out pretty good in the end.I hate the Yankees so that isn't coming from a homer. His team overachieved this year and he had to guide them through getting rid of the overpaid, over the hill players that started to handcuff the team. Cashman started building the farm system again and now when it starts to pay dividends and they surpass expectations he more or less gets canned
Raw deal after he's been a career Yankee and won a WS as a coach
Cashman is a buffoon.
Let's see here:
-4 World Series as GM
-6 AL Pennants as GM
-0 Losing Seasons
-Most recently, since given full control, navigated a complete rebuild without tanking and just made the ALCS.
-Remember that trade where the Yankees gave up that top prospect and they went on the regret it? Yeah me either.
-Didi, Hicks, Castro for castoffs.
-Drafted Judge, signed Severino and Sanchez.
-Traded two closers. Yes, closers for Gleyber Torress (consensus #1 prospect in MLB), Clint Frazier and Justus Sheffield.
-Purged the old salary and should be under the luxury tax, with one of the best young cores in MLB.
Counter those facts.
Let's see here:
-4 World Series as GM
-6 AL Pennants as GM
-0 Losing Seasons
-Most recently, since given full control, navigated a complete rebuild without tanking and just made the ALCS.
-Remember that trade where the Yankees gave up that top prospect and they went on the regret it? Yeah me either.
-Didi, Hicks, Castro for castoffs.
-Drafted Judge, signed Severino and Sanchez.
-Traded two closers. Yes, closers for Gleyber Torress (consensus #1 prospect in MLB), Clint Frazier and Justus Sheffield.
-Purged the old salary and should be under the luxury tax, with one of the best young cores in MLB.
Counter those facts.
Well 3 of his 4 World Series came when he inherited a team.