'Honesty hurts': GM told Derek Jeter that Troy Tulowitzki was better option
in '10
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/13473850
10-11 的冬天, 当 Jeter 的合约是洋基当年也要处理的事情之一时,
Jeter 曾经问 Cashman, 你希望谁来当洋基的游击手.
Cashman 回答: "你真的要我诚实以对吗?" "Tulowitzki."
Cashman: "我们不是会花大钱然后只是买名气, 我们是要买球员实力的."
(2010 的数据, Jeter: 270/10/67, Tulo: 315/27/95)
当时 Jeter 和球队要一张 4~6 年, 每年 $22M ~ $24M 的合约 (当时 Jeter 36/37 岁)
结果最后签了 3 年 总共 $51M 的合约.
上面的消息最近被 SI 写成报导, 但 Cashman "不确认也不否认" 这篇报导.
Cashman 也表示尽管 Jeter 是他担任 GM 以来, 拥有过最伟大的球员,
但他还是有他的职责要做, 且会对球员诚实以对.
Cashman: "讲中肯话的确很受伤, 但当你被付钱要做事时, 你还是得做."
"如果你不做事, 你就像是薪水小偷. 这种事情, 要嘛说, 要嘛不要讲."
ESPN 报导原文:
Four years before hanging up the pinstripes for good, Derek Jeter reportedly
was told by Brian Cashman exactly where he stood during testy contract
negotiations with the New York Yankees general manager.
According to Sports Illustrated, Jeter, in the midst of talks after the 2010
season, asked Cashman whom he'd rather have playing shortstop for the Yankees.
Cashman's answer: Troy Tulowitzki, among others.
"Do you really want me to answer that?" Cashman told Jeter, according to SI.
"We're not paying extra money for popularity. We're paying for performance."
Jeter was coming off a 2010 season in which he had 10 home runs, 67 RBIs and
a then-career-low .270 batting average. Tulowitzki, meanwhile, was coming off
another stellar season with the Colorado Rockies, belting 27 home runs with
95 RBIs and a .315 average.
Jeter, who was seeking a four- to six-year deal in the area of $22 million to
$24 million a year, eventually signed a three-year, $51 million extension
with the Yankees, with whom he retired after 20 seasons in 2014. Tulowitzki
was traded to Toronto this season and has sparked the Blue Jays' run toward
the top of the AL East standings, where they trail the Yankees by two games
entering Thursday.
Cashman told the New York Daily News on Wednesday that he didn't provide any
quotes from Jeter's negotiations to Sports Illustrated but that he "didn't
confirm or deny" the report and didn't take issue with it. He confirmed that
SI spent time with him but also that the magazine talked to others and "did a
lot of homework."
And although Cashman said Jeter was the "greatest player I will have ever
had," the general manager told the Daily News that he still has a job to do
and has no problem answering players' questions "directly and honestly."
"Sometimes honesty hurts. But if you're being paid to do a job, do the job,"
Cashman told Sports Illustrated. "You have to honor the job description; if
not, you're a fraud or stealing money. You can't fake your way doing this.
You either do it or you don't."
另外, 最新一期的 SI 杂志封面是 Jason Heyward, 标题: Cardinal Rules"
红鸟迷, 保重.