Brian Cashman says Yankees done interviewing potential managers

Only one day after interviewing Carlos Beltran for the Yankees managerial position, general manager Brian Cashman announced the organization is done seeing candidates.

Was Yankees general manager Brian Cashman so impressed with Carlos Beltran’s interview on Wednesday that his mind is made up?

After seeing six different candidates across 20 days, Cashman informed the world that there won’t be a second round of interviews for the managerial position and that he’ll pass along his final recommendation to owner Hal Steinbrenner based off the information already gathered.

Breaking news for sure, considering Cashman said earlier in the week that the organization was in no rush to name a successor to Joe Girardi.

Another revelation was that Cashman had reached out to Alex Rodriguez about his thoughts on the search. I wonder if A-Rod said, ME!

Though Cashman inferred he didn’t believe Rodriguez had any interest in the job, according to Mike Mazzeo of the NY Daily News.

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Only one of the following men will be at the helm of the Yankees in 2018.

• Carlos Beltran
• Aaron Boone
• Rob Thomson
• Eric Wedge
• Chris Woodward
• Hensley Meulens

Of the six candidates, only Wedge has prior experience as a big league manager (Indians and Mariners). Meulens is currently the Giants’ bench coach, while Woodward is the third base coach for the Dodgers.

Boone, the 2003 Yankee hero, has proven himself as super intelligent baseball mind since becoming an analyst for ESPN in January of 2016.

In my opinion, his forward-thinking analytical approach, fire for the game and understanding of the Yankee-way, make the 44-year-old Boone the perfect choice to lead a young group of emerging stars, experience or not.

Multiple outlets have expressed belief that Beltran, Boone and Meulens are the current front-runners for the job, with Thomson potentially staying on as bench coach, the same role he’s been in since 2015.

With the Winter Meetings set to get underway on Dec 10 in Orlando, it’s entirely possible a final announcement is made sometime this weekend. You’d have to think potential free agent targets want to know who’s filling out the lineup card before committing to a club.

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Whoever inevitably wins Cash’s approval will feel the pressure of repeating, if not exceeding last season’s success. It will take a certain type of individual to succeed when they’re expected to. Let’s hope Cashman chooses the right man for the job.