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Cashman: Yanks plotting course for offseason
- Updated: December 2, 2016
STAMFORD, Conn. — Brian Cashman spent part of his Friday morning strapping in for practice rappels down the side of the 22-story Landmark Building, and his annual participation in the city’s “Heights and Lights” festival served an apt analogy with the Yankees’ general manager preparing to jump ahead with his offseason business in advance of next week’s Winter Meetings.
Cashman said that the Yankees have been studying the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, particularly with regard to luxury tax and related penalties, so they can strategize for 2017 and beyond. He said that they expect to hit the ground running on Monday when the Yankee contingent arrives at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center outside Washington, D.C.
MLB.com and MLB Network will have wall-to-wall coverage of the 2016 Winter Meetings. Fans can watch live streaming of all news conferences and manager availability on MLB.com, including the Rule 5 Draft on Thursday at 9 a.m. ET.
“Listen, I’d like to add bullpen, starting pitching and a bat,” Cashman said. “This market is saturated with bats, whether it’s on the trade front or free-agent front. If certain bats that may be of interest come off the board, it still leaves other bats that may not have a chair to be sitting in later on.
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“The starting pitching market is thin, so that’s not like something that moves quick anyway. If it does, it’s very expensive. The bullpen market has a lot of different choices, so I think I still have time on that. There’s no guarantees. At the end of the day, we just have to make sure we understand what the new world order is going to be, and we’ll do our very best to adjust …
