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Personally: Yankees Making Offer to Judge Public, Isn't Good

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When the New York Yankees, Hal Steinbrenner and/or Brian Cashman want someone in free agency or on the trading block, they never, ever show their hand.  Last week, when Yankees GM Brian Cashman, made it known publicly they made another offer to Aaron Judge , I didn't feel good about that.  Not saying the Yankees won't sign Judge because of that, but the Yankees, in past history, when they want a player in free agency or on the trading block, they never make the negotiations go public. You never hear what prospects they're trading for a player nor we ever hear what type of offers they made to a player.  The only time negotiations between a player the Yankees wanted was in 2008 when C.C Sabathia was a free agent and the $140 million offer that made to Sabathia was public. Which was something the Yankees did not want.  The other time the Yankees made negotiations public was when they were trying to re-sign Derek Jeter. Then in the Jeter press conference to announce his ...
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Aaron Boone Doesn't Care About Winning

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The Yankees fan base watched this organization introduce Aaron Boone as the new manager, in 2017. Telling us fans that Boone is 'right for this job' and that he's a "players coach". Meanwhile the guy never managed a team in his life.  So the Yankees bring in an inexperienced Boone to replace the ten-year stint, '09 World Series Champion, Joe Girardi, in 2017, after Girardi just taking a young, Yankees team to a game of the World Series. Sounds like a weird hiring. But okay. As a fan, you sit back and see how this goes.  Well, in his first five years with the Yankees, Boone in his first year took the Yankees to a ALDS in 2018, when they got embarrassed by the Boston Red Sox and lost the series 3-1; got beat by the Houston Astros in 2019 (almost lost three games at home); lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2020 ALDS, then lose again to the Red Sox in the 2021 Wild Card Game and this year, 2022, got swept by the Houston Astros.  Boone has never even sniffed the Wo...
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