Yankees: Kyle Schwarber likely a bad fit after Cashman’s latest comments

Brian Cashman didn’t rule out Kyle Schwarber joining the Yankees, but he also didn’t seem to think Giancarlo Stanton’s role was very flexible.

Briefly this week, there was a glimmer of hope about Giancarlo Stanton’s flexibility moving forward for the New York Yankees.

After we’d all mentally penciled the hulking slugger in as a full-time DH for the next seven years, Aaron Boone seemed to give us a little wiggle room on his outfield availability, stating that Stanton could eventually play up to a third of his games in the field. In fact, Boone said, the team had been considering making the switch in 2020, but didn’t want to encounter disaster before the playoffs — and, may I say, great call.

But Brian Cashman’s WFAN appearance on Wednesday certainly threw a bit of cold water on that speculation. Or, at least, he minimized the potential effects of said flexibility.

Sure, Stanton could play some outfield, but not nearly enough to make Kyle Schwarber a viable addition to the roster, despite Cash’s long love affair with the masher from afar.

It’s quite clear Schwarber would do some formative damage in a Yankee uniform, but he’d also do plenty of damage as a left fielder; we’d much rather have Clint Frazier out there on a nightly basis.

And if Stanton’s going to be the near-permanent DH, it’s certainly not worth importing Schwarber as an also-likely-permanent-DH non-puzzle piece.

As much as it must’ve hurt some portions of the fan base to hear those words, it definitely hurt Cashman more, who’s been thirsting after visions of Schwarber and the short porch since the Gleyber Torres trade at the 2016 deadline.

If Schwarber were a slightly better fielder, he’d be a rock solid addition to any club, bringing monster power and a throwback ‘Moneyball’ OBP to the table.

Unfortunately, he’s another high-volume strikeout bat, and he’s certainly bat-only, at this point.

As much whiplash as we received from the Cubs actually having the stones to non-tender him, we wouldn’t bet on the basher winding up in the Bronx.

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