Good afternoon everyone, it’s time to dive back into the mailbag and answer some of your questions. Remember to send in your questions for our weekly call by e-mail to pinstripealleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com.
Ruff Trade asks: My question — could Cashman and Co. have played the deadline any worse?
The overarching theme of this week’s questions all boiled down to this point, so I suppose we should spend some time on this one. The Yankees’ deadline strategy was unclear for weeks leading up to the end — they weren’t clear buyers or sellers and were inconsistent enough on the field to warrant holding either position, and it seems there was some conflicting opinions within the front office about which side of the fence they should land on as well.