Throughout November and early December, New York Yankees fans were able to joke about the team's utter lack of involvement in the MLB offseason, but the humor's starting to wear off. Brian Cashman thought he was being hilarious weeks ago when he told reporters that pictures of him sleeping on the sidewalk for an annual fundraiser would be going viral in the name of his inaction. The irony is, Cashman was spot-on in the worst way. Fans aren't making Cashman memes, though. They're just mad.
While the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles have been attacking the free agent and trade markets with desperation (delighting their fan bases in the process), Cashman and the Yankees' front office have been sleepwalking through the past six weeks, all with Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner making sure we all know that his multi-billion-dollar franchise isn't profitable.