According to John Heyman of the New York Postthe Yankees are one of nearly a dozen interesting prospects in Isiah Keener-Faleeva, who carved out a bench role for the Yankees last season after a failed experiment with starting at shortstop in 2022.
Kiner-Falefa will be moved back to a substitutes role if the Bombers re-sign him, but Sale says the utility player represents one of Brian Cashman’s many recent failures, after BT praised IKF as a solid bench player which was unfairly so. “Scapegoat” after his first season in the pencil case.
“He was a starting point for them a couple of years ago,” Sale said. “He’s not a scapegoat. It’s just that Brian Cashman is so incompetent… Brian Cashman wants to respond to everyone else like we don’t know what we’re talking about, and yet, you, Brian, brought IKF in to be the starting shortstop, when I watched him for two seconds like ‘” This guy’s not a shortstop.” And yet the Yankees have been cramming him down our throats all year…and they’re mad at us and everyone. The Astros cheated, the fans and the media don’t know what they’re talking about. You’re great, aren’t you? It’s all on “Fine, your team is great, and yet you make moves like that. Idiot. And now you want to bring him back. Good.”
BT stressed that Kiner-Falefa will be a depth piece, but Sale is still waiting to see the Yankees go out and become the Yankees after all the rumors and hype about their offseason plans.
“Why are you even interested in bringing back IKF? Go get some real players,” Sal said. “Go get Soto, go get Yamamoto, and maybe Bellinger too. Why stop there?
