Cashman in justified in his reaction to A Rod ,,,, here is a timeline
Cashman has been on bad terms with A Rod ever since he opted out of that original 25 million a year dollar contract (which the texas rangers were paying about 15 million of it)
Then A Rod realized there were no proper suitors who would pay him that much money.... Yankees have all the leverage
A Rod then tells his agent Scott Boras to come crawl back to the yankees and sign a 10 year 275 million dollar contract in 2007.
Yankees under George Steinbrenner's control begin ... start bidding against themselves because they are drink with the money prospect that a clean A Rod could break Bond's career home run record.... (Yankees were like

at the future tickets and merchandise sales) no one else would have given him 27.5 million a year
Cashman must have been like

the whole time.
Then in 2009, A Rod admits to PED use... the original basis for the contract is now
Cashman must have been like

A Rod since that 2009 world series has been looking

..... Cashman is like
A Rod caught up in another Steroid scandal ..... Cashman is like


at A Rod.
That 27.5 million could have been spent on other areas which could help the team.
Yankees are trying to get under the189 million dollar payroll luxury tax and avoid the 30 million dollar penalty .... a voided A Rod contract or a buy out would easily save them.....
I ain't mad at A Rod personally... Yankees were stupid to give him that contract back in 2007 but I can see why Cashman has reasons to dislike this guy over the years