Brian Cashman may have foreshadowed Jacoby Ellsbury’s Yankees release

Jacoby Ellsbury’s release Wednesday night surprised many in the baseball world, but Yankees general manager Brian Cashman in October hinted his failed $153 million player’s future was on thin ice. Asked whether the oft-injured Ellsbruy could return in 2019 to fill in for Aaron Hicks (Tommy John surgery), Cashman told reporters: “It’s hard to say…