Brian Cashman, Yankees Reach New Three-Year Agreement

The New York Yankees announced that they’ve reached an agreement with general manager Brian Cashman on a new three-year contract.  Cashman, who’s led New York’s front office for 14 seasons, and the Yankees were confident throughout the process that the GM would remain with the franchise.

Cashman’s previous deal expired last night, but there never seemed to be any worry over whether or not a new agreement would be reached.  Even though the Yankees were eliminated from their first round playoff series by the Detroit Tigers, ownership continued to show their support for Cashman.

The 44-year-old has been a member of the Yankees organization since 1986 when he joined the club as an intern.  Steadily moving through the ranks, Cashman took over as general manager in 1998.  In this role, Cashman has watched four different Yankee clubs win World Series titles.

At this point, Cashman is now free to take on the 2011-12 offseason.  Before his deal was announced, Cashman and the Yankees’ completed a significant move when they signed their ace C.C. Sabathia to an extension.  In doing so, New York dissuaded Sabathia from opting out of his current deal, solidifying the top of their rotation.

Now Cashman’s job with be to fill the holes remaining in the Yankees’ starting rotation.  With the free agent market for starting pitchers being relatively barren, Cashman may have to get creative in order to shore up New York’s rotation.

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