Brian Cashman

Encyclopedia : B : BR : BRI : Brian Cashman

Brian Cashman is the Senior Vice-President and General Manager of the New York Yankees. He started with the Yankees organization as an intern, rising in the organization until becoming GM in 1998 at the age of 30. His predecessor was Bob Watson. He graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1985 and The Catholic University of America in 1989.

His tenure has seen the Yankees win five American League pennants and three World Series championships, with the team finishing first in its division every year. Major trades and acquisitions he has been responsible for include the trade of David Wells for Roger Clemens; the Alfonso Soriano for Alex Rodriguez deal; and the free agent signings of Jason Giambi, Hideki Matsui, Jose Contreras, and Johnny Damon. He also negotiated the long-term contracts of Bernie Williams and Derek Jeter, which are widely expected to keep the popular players with the team until their retirement.

Despite the team's success, in 2005 Cashman considered leaving the team due to conflicts with owner George Steinbrenner and the organizational schism between the team's offices in New York City and Tampa. Cashman agreed to a new contract following the conclusion of the 2005 season. As a sign that Cashman had reclaimed final say over personnel matters, the team's organizational meetings were held in New York, for the first time in several years.

|- style="text-align: center;"

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.