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When Yushiroh Hirano Jersey the Yankees announce their World Series roster, Brian Sabeans fingerprints will be on it. General manager Brian Cashman on Wednesday called Sabean his consigliere and said he still leans on the person he began working with in The Bronx nearly four decades ago including during a conversation the two had on Tuesday about the construction of the roster the Yankees are putting together. As much as anybody in the sport, he understands what it takes to win, Cashman said. For Sabean, 68, its been a long road back to the organization where he started his career in profe sional baseball in 1985 as a scout. Brian Sabean (right) with Omar Minaya in 2023. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post He eventually headed the Yankees scouting department and was in charge of player development. Explore More As Cashman noted, Sabean played a direct role in the Yankees drafting or signing Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Bernie Williams and Mariano Rivera, as well as getting them through the minor leagues. But not long before that group started winning World Series titles, Sabean was part of a group that ended up leaving, as Cashman said, due to the volatility of the organization under George Steinbrenners stewardship. General manager Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy of the San Francisco Giants hold up the Warren C. Giles Trophy after the Giants won the 2014 NL pennant. Getty Images Sabean went on to engineer three World Series titles as GM of the Giants (2010, 12 and 14) before leaving following the 2022 season. Thats when Cashman hired him for another stint with the Yankees. Follow The Posts coverage of the Yankees in the postseason: Hes one of the architects of lining ourselves up for that championship run we had in the 1990s and early 2000s, Cashman said. Then he went on and built something spectacular not once, not twice, but three times in San Francisco. His title is executive advisor to Cashman and he always has Cashmans ear. Its been kind of surreal to be with the Yankees again and getting to this point, Sabean said of being in the World Series again. Hes one of the great baseball men of our generation, Cashman said. I always felt sorrow that he did not get the credit he so richly deserved for what transpired in that championship run. I brought him back because hes been through the wars, he knows everything about amateur scouting, player development and building world championship teams. And I also wanted him back where he belongs. Brian Cashman has helped lead the Yankees back into the World Series. JASON SZENES/NEW YORK POST Before he guided the Giants to those titles, Sabean saw the Yankees he helped build win five championships. Its been a great experience and its energized my pa sion for the game, Sabean said. This is where I wanted to be. In the back of my mind, I always wanted to finish with the Yankees because a lot of the seeds we planted became the core of that 96 team and I had to watch that from afar. As he said it, Sabean was leaning on the railing of the home dugout at Yankee Stadium during the teams workout Tuesday, so its safe to say hell have a better view this time around. Hes always got a seat at the table, Cashman said. Whether its trades, free-agent signings or anything else, he plays a role. His pedigree is Hall of Fame caliber. What hes done in this game is cemented by what he did with the Giants and not with us. Hes like a forgotten person, but the people that were here, myself included, realize that while Gene Michael was the architect, guys like [former scouting director Bill] Livesey and Sabean did a lot of the heavy lifting to get us to where we ended up. Brian Halonen Jersey |
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