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Cashman says Yanks unlikely to add starter
- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — As the Yankees wait for free-agent closers Aroldis Chapman and Kenley Jansen to respond to their respective contract offers, general manager Brian Cashman says that he is preparing to head into 2017 without adding to the team’s stable of starting pitching.
Cashman said that he has found it difficult to upgrade over their current crop of starters, which features Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda and CC Sabathia as the only rotation locks. As such, Cashman said that he no longer anticipates being able to add a starter this offseason.
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“I think it’s a very tough market and the price tags are extremely high,” Cashman said. “Obviously, I think we could play on a lot of things because we have a lot of prospects that people desire, but we desire them, too. I would think we’d like to hold, in most cases, a number of those guys for what we’re building toward.”
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The Yankees did show some level of interest in left-hander Rich Hill, who signed a three-year, $48 million contract to remain with the Dodgers, and exchanged early dialogue with the representatives for hurlers Jason Hammel and Derek Holland in an otherwise weak crop …
