Bomber Bites With Jumping Joe–Torre Wrong on Joe Girardi’s Job Security

In Hall of Famer Joe Torre’s mind, current Yankee manager Joe Girardi has nothing to fear next season.  Torre believes that even though Girardi has missed the playoffs for two consecutive years, he will not be managing for his job next season.  Torre does not think it matters that Girardi will only have a single year left on his contract after next season.  Torre believes Girardi will almost certainly be the Yankee manager in 2016 regardless of how the 2015 season turns out.  Torre is wrong.

"“I don’t think that time is any time soon,” Torre said. He also said: “Brian Cashman has a lot of confidence in him.” (h/t Brendan Kuty, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)"

Torre is the current MLB executive vice president of baseball operations was at the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame Awards when he was asked about Girardi.  Torre never missed the playoffs in his time as Yankee manager, and yet was still shown the door by Yankee management, who hired Girardi after the 2007 season.  The Yankees missed the playoffs in 2008, their first year under Girardi.

Mandatory Credit: Chad R. MacDonald.

While the current Yankee brass led by Cashman and owner Hal Steinbrenner run a much more disciplined and secure ship than Hal’s legendary father George, missing the playoffs three years in a row will almost certainly call for a change at manager.  George Steinbrenner would have most likely fired Girardi by now (and then re-hired him and fired him again).  But while Hal may not have the itchy trigger finger of his father, even he has his limits.

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The biggest factor in Girardi’s retention for next season may have actually be financial more than anything else.  Girardi still has two seasons left on his contract and Hal may have simply not wanted to pay Girardi to do nothing.  However, with only a year left on his contract after next season, that financial incentive fades away.

Torre has been right more often than not during his lifetime in baseball.  However, his forecast for Girardi’s job security is off here.  It will be three strikes and you’re out for Girardi if 2015 sees a third straight October without baseball in the Bronx.