It’s hard to believe that it’s May already — the first month of the season has both flown by and dragged on depending on your perspective as a Yankees fan. With the start of the new month comes the return of our GM approval series, but before we get into evaluations of Brian Cashman, let’s review the team’s path through April as well as the decision the GM has made in 2023.
We’ll start with the man himself. Cashman started the year off with a 42-percent approval rating in January — buoyed by the team signing Aaron Judge, Carlos Rodón, Anthony Rizzo, and Tommy Kahnle in free agency but counterbalanced by the decision to roll with internal options at shortstop and left field rather than find external upgrades.