With the season’s first two full months in the books, Brian Cashman’s lottery ticket team-building strategy has been put through the ringer. Although he started the calendar year strong with a 61 percent approval rating, that tally tumbled as time went on, dropping to 51 percent in February, 48 percent in March, and all the way down to just 35 percent of voters approving of Cashman as the Yankees’ general manager by the end of April.
At first, it appeared that Cashman’s approval was a lock for a rebound in May. The Yankees stormed back from their 6-11 start and 12-14 April to go 16-5 up through the end of play on May 23rd.