New York Yankees: Top Five Worst Contracts
By Joe Perri
New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman has assembled one of the worst baseball teams in the Major Leagues. These are the five contracts that are to blame for their abysmal start.
2106 hasn’t been pleasant for the New York Yankees. They’ve gotten off to their worst start since 1991 with an 8-16 win/loss record.
GM Brian Cashman isn’t thrilled about things and he shouldn’t be: “I’ve done this job a long time and I put this roster together,” Cashman said. “I feel it’s significantly better than it has performed, and when it doesn’t perform up to expectations over the course of time, I have a history of making changes.”
With almost 20% of the season in the books, the Yankees rank dead last in runs scored, and 25th out of 30 in team ERA. If you can’t hit, and you can’t pitch, what do you have?
In the Yankees case, they’re left with old, overpaid, and underperforming players scattered throughout the entire roster. The fact that a slideshow is even possible on the five worst contracts for a single team speaks volumes about the position that Cashman and ownership have put the Yankees in.
Here’s a list of five contracts given out by Brian Cashman that have led to the downfall of the 2016 New York Yankees.
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