TAMPA, Fla. _ To those who choose to berate the Yankees as being too budget-conscious or even flat-out negligent for not giving $300 million to Manny Machado, or whatever record-breaking sum Scott Boras manages to extract for Bryce Harper in the near future, Brian Cashman had this to say Friday at Steinbrenner Field:
You don't know what you're talking about.
"I just want to make good, sound business decisions," Cashman said. "I know in this world of social media, there's a lot of haters, judgers and experts that come along the way, and that's fine. Fans are short for fanatics, and I get that too. But our job is to make objective decisions and based on real facts. You just want people to be as objective as you are.
