Sunday Links

-Terrific interview of Brian Cashman by Josh Norris of the Trentonian. The Montero quote is getting all the attention, but there’s some real good stuff in there on how the Yanks draft, valuing relievers, and how they handle their top prospects. If you’re someone who likes to follow the prospects, I’d bookmark that link for the upcoming season.

-Ex-Yankee Russ Springer retires. It’s amazing how long this guy played. He was drafted by the Yanks in 7th round of the 1989 draft out of LSU, had a cup of coffee with the team in 1992 and was traded (with Jerry Nielsen and J.T. Snow) to the California Angels for Jim Abbott the following year.

-What part of these two quotes doesn’t match?

Brian Cashman from last week’s WFAN breakfast:

“He’s our DH, period.”

Jorge Posada interview yesterday on MLB.com:

“I’ll catch. I’ll catch this year,” Posada said. “You know, I’ll DH and then they’re going to want me to catch one of those days, stuff like that.

Oh boy. This is not going to be fun. Jorge also apparently thinks he’s the GM.

-Nice to see Joel Sherman back in business after a long winter break. He ranks the off seasons of all 30 MLB teams, and unsurprisingly the Yanks wind up in the bottom third. Not sure what else Cashman could have done, but a low ranking is fair and appropriate.

-If you haven’t done so already, make sure you check out the three new weekend writers over at RAB. TYU readers will already be familiar with Stephen R. (Rhoads) with Brock Cohen and Hannah Erlich excellent additions as well. Three very distinct writings styles, all good reads in their own way.