Chase Headley had one good year.

Stop with the mechanics and confidence nonsense.

Headley had 31 HRs and 115 RBIs one year for San Diego. His career 162-game average? Try 15 HRs and 68 RBIs ... and that includes the 31/115 anomaly.

Cashman was hoping for another Brosius/Swisher bargain basement find and Cashman got burned:

"The Yankees gave the switch-hitting 32-year-old third baseman a four-year, $52 million two seasons ago after acquiring him in a trade with the Padres in July of 2014.

In 2015, Headley committed 23 errors and posted a .693 OPS. In 2016, he got off to a miserable start at the plate, contributing to his team's miserable start in the standings."

25 HRs and 113 RBIs isn't so bad for a third baseman playing at Yankee Stadium and making $13 million.

Oh, wait.

Those stats are for two seasons combined?


"On May 3, Headley's batting average was .147 and the Yankees were 8-16.

'Mechanically, I had a little too much forward movement in my swing and I was a little too pull conscious,' Headley said. 'And when things are going that bad and you have some poor luck, your confidence gets a bit shaken. Because of my past track record, it never got to the point where I was like I'm not going to hit again, it was when am I going to hit again.'

Eventually, he rebounded to hit .268 the rest of the way."

Wow. A whole .268 "the rest of the way."

If Ellsbury hits .268 "the rest of the way," the writers want to run him out of town.