Cashman traded Solarte for Headley, ignoring Donaldson.

Not only have main stream media people ignored the first part but the second part never occurred to them in their defense of Yankee general manager Brian Cashman. The Yankees are currently buried in last place 9-17.

Solarte for Headley: why isn't Cashman critiqued for this trade? Sunday, March 27, 2016

Did I miss it? Or does Yankee GM Brian Cashman get no flack for this trade? ...

In their first full season after being traded and both playing third base, Solarte had more doubles, triples and home runs than Headley. OPS+:
Solarte 109
Headley 93

BA OBP SLG OPS:
Solarte .270 .320 .428 .748
Headley .259 .324 .369 .693

If you're into WAR:
Solarte 2.2
Headley 1.1

Obviously, Chase Headley was not better than Yangervis Solarte in 2015 and Headley certainly was not 25 times better as his salary would suggest.

Cashman traded a player almost three years younger who was paid about half a million dollars for a guy who was paid $13 million and whom Cashman signed through 2018 for $13 million per year.

Has anyone even suggested that Cashman made a mistake? A big mistake?
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Chase Headley:

• July 22, 2014: Traded by the San Diego Padres with cash to the New York Yankees for Rafael De Paula (minors) and Yangervis Solarte.
• October 30, 2014: Granted Free Agency.
• December 15, 2014: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

Josh Donaldson:

• November 28, 2014: Traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Franklin Barreto (minors), Kendall Graveman, Brett Lawrie and Sean Nolin.

Donaldson was traded BEFORE Cashman signed Headley. Cashman could have acquired Donaldson instead. How much more clearly can it be stated? Trading Solarte for Headley was bad enough and signing Headley when he became a free agent was worse still but the worst thing was Cashman entirely missing the boat on Donaldson. Cashman wanted someone to play third and obviously took Headley over Donaldson. It's really obvious. How come Cashman isn't held accountable?

Since it's May 6 and Headley has zero extra base hits and was benched yesterday for a guy who has no credentials as a hitter Cashman is being scrutinized generally but not on this timeline.

2015 MVP:

Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Josh Donaldson	TOR	385.0	23.0	92%	8.8	158	620	122	184	41	123	6	73	.297	.371	.568	.939
2	Mike Trout	LAA	304.0	7.0	72%	9.4	159	575	104	172	41	90	11	92	.299	.402	.590	.991
3	Lorenzo Cain	KCR	225.0	0.0	54%	7.2	140	551	101	169	16	72	28	37	.307	.361	.477	.838
4	Manny Machado	BAL	158.0	0.0	38%	7.1	162	633	102	181	35	86	20	70	.286	.359	.502	.861

2015 third basemen:

Rk	Player	OPS+	HR	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Josh Donaldson	155	41	2015	29	TOR	AL	158	711	620	122	184	41	2	123	73	0	133	6	2	10	16	6	0	.297	.371	.568	.939	*5/DH
2	Matt Carpenter	134	28	2015	29	STL	NL	154	665	574	101	156	44	3	84	81	5	151	6	0	4	5	4	3	.272	.365	.505	.871	*54/H3
3	Kris Bryant	133	26	2015	23	CHC	NL	151	650	559	87	154	31	5	99	77	0	199	9	0	5	7	13	4	.275	.369	.488	.858	*5/789HD3
4	Manny Machado	131	35	2015	22	BAL	AL	162	713	633	102	181	30	1	86	70	2	111	4	2	4	17	20	8	.286	.359	.502	.861	*5/6
5	Nolan Arenado	124	42	2015	24	COL	NL	157	665	616	97	177	43	4	130	34	13	110	4	0	11	17	2	5	.287	.323	.575	.898	*5/H
6	Mike Moustakas	120	22	2015	26	KCR	AL	147	614	549	73	156	34	1	82	43	1	76	13	4	5	14	1	2	.284	.348	.470	.817	*5/H
7	Kyle Seager	118	26	2015	27	SEA	AL	161	686	623	85	166	37	0	74	54	6	98	5	0	4	17	6	6	.266	.328	.451	.779	*5/H6
8	Todd Frazier	117	35	2015	29	CIN	NL	157	678	619	82	158	43	1	89	44	3	137	7	1	7	19	13	8	.255	.309	.498	.806	*5/H
9	Yunel Escobar	113	9	2015	32	WSN	NL	139	591	535	75	168	25	1	56	45	0	70	8	1	2	24	2	2	.314	.375	.415	.790	*5/DH
10	Matt Duffy	110	12	2015	24	SFG	NL	149	612	573	77	169	28	6	77	30	0	96	5	2	2	22	12	0	.295	.334	.428	.762	*5H/463
11	Evan Longoria	110	21	2015	29	TBR	AL	160	670	604	74	163	35	1	73	51	8	132	6	0	9	11	3	1	.270	.328	.435	.764	*5D/H
12	Adrian Beltre	110	18	2015	36	TEX	AL	143	619	567	83	163	32	4	83	41	4	65	3	0	8	18	1	0	.287	.334	.453	.788	*5/D
13	Yangervis Solarte	109	14	2015	27	SDP	NL	152	571	526	63	142	33	4	63	34	0	56	6	2	3	15	1	0	.270	.320	.428	.748	*53H4/D
14	Martin Prado	102	9	2015	31	MIA	NL	129	551	500	52	144	22	2	63	37	4	68	5	1	8	9	1	0	.288	.338	.394	.732	*54/H
15	Trevor Plouffe	99	22	2015	29	MIN	AL	152	632	573	74	140	35	4	86	50	0	124	4	1	4	28	2	1	.244	.307	.435	.742	*53
16	Nick Castellanos	98	15	2015	23	DET	AL	154	595	549	42	140	33	6	73	39	1	152	1	0	6	21	0	3	.255	.303	.419	.721	*5/DH
17	Aramis Ramirez	95	17	2015	37	TOT	NL	137	516	475	43	117	31	1	75	31	3	68	5	0	5	23	1	0	.246	.297	.423	.720	*5H/3D
18	Chase Headley	93	11	2015	31	NYY	AL	156	642	580	74	150	29	1	62	51	0	135	7	0	4	17	0	2	.259	.324	.369	.693	*5/H3
19	Brett Lawrie	92	16	2015	25	OAK	AL	149	602	562	64	146	29	3	60	28	1	144	5	3	4	8	5	2	.260	.299	.407	.706	*54/HD
20	Pablo Sandoval	76	10	2015	28	BOS	AL	126	505	470	43	115	25	1	47	25	1	73	7	1	2	14	0	0	.245	.292	.366	.658	*5/H

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Generated 5/6/2016.

Rank as batters in 2015:
1. Donaldson
13. Solarte
18. Headley

How is this not gross incompetence by Cashman? And how is it not gross incompetence by the Steinbrenner Kids for not holding Cashman accountable? The main stream media is just plain incompetent.

Steinbrenner Kids failed and should sell the Yankees. Friday, April 22, 2016