Grade: B+
As our columnist, Steve Politi, put it: The Red Sox were just better than the Yankees. As the head of roster construction, that’s on Cashman, who finished his 20th season in the role — the longest-consecutively-tenured GM in the game. Unearthing Luke Voit, trading for J.A. Happ and Zach Britton and betting on Gleyber Torres and Miguel Andujar when some thought it was too soon were points in Cashman’s favor. The complete shelving of Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn’s mediocrity and Giancarlo Stanton’s subpar (by what have been seen as his standards) are points against.