New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman is nothing if not measured in his dealings, and that could mean less activity in free agency and more feeling-out via trade during this year's offseason.
"Typically if you follow our pattern, we are aggressive more so when we have significant dollars coming off," New York GM Brian Cashman said to reporters, per NJ.com. "The winters we have gone aggressive in free agency were winters where we had significant money coming off. This particular winter we do not have significant money coming off."
New York already has a $183.8 million payroll headed into the 2016 season, with big contracts such as CC Sabathia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Alex Rodriguez, Masahiro Tanaka, Carlos Beltran and Mark Teixiera still on the books.
Rather than making a giant splash in this year's free agency pool, it may make more sense for New York to explore trade options and wait till next year to hit the free market with Beltran and Teixiera coming off the books. That means that blockbuster free-agent pitchers such as Johnny Cueto and David Price may be off New York's radar unless they pull of a move counter to Cashman's going philosophy.
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