espnny goes in on yanks terrible farm

[Pharmcat]

first, i must praise espn ny writers, usually they write trash articles or hit jobs, this one was actually pretty decent

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankee ... ric-duncan
and
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankee ... ric-duncan

For a team that has shown remarkable success over the past two decades -- five World Championships, 13 AL East titles and 17 postseason appearances in the past 19 seasons - - the Yankees have also shown some remarkable weakness in their ability to draft and develop their own talent.

Although the Yankees team that won the World Series four times between 1996 and 2000 was led by a core of home-grown talent -- Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Bernie Williams all came up through the Yankees system, as did Robinson Cano -- the team has developed just one everyday Yankee (Brett Gardner) over the past decade.

"It's not as good as we need it to be in terms of results," Yankees GM Brian Cashman said when asked if it was fair to characterize his farm system as a bust. "There are a number of reasons behind that. At the end of the day, we've had some misses, without a doubt. We've had some guys who didn't make their projections, who failed to cross the finish line. So basically it's fair to criticize where we're currently sitting."

why more people havent been fired?
terrible player development system

[Vides990]

People haven't been fired because as the article pointed out they still have been winning. Cash has also moved people in and out of different developmental positions, the problem though is him.

I didn't think the article was that harsh on the Yankees management, yes it pointed out the failures but it easily rationalized why and just pointed out that most players don't work out. Cool to hear about Eric Duncan though, I remember thinking he was going to be really good.

[Dr. Detfink]

At the end of the day, Cashman is not a scout. I can't buy the idea of having someone as GM who was never a scout. At least a former player, etc. it's like someone buying groceries who can't cook.