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- Updated: December 8, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Yankees still have contract offers out to both Aroldis Chapman and Kenley Jansen, which prompts this question: What would happen if both elite free-agent closers were to accept?
That is a circumstance that general manager Brian Cashman would love to be in, but the Yankees aren’t attempting to rebuild their dismantled three-headed monster at the back end of the bullpen. In that event, their preference will be to sign Chapman, who wouldn’t cost the club a Draft pick, and they would not sign both.
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“I think I should clarify: I have offers out to players, but it’s not a race to whoever takes this first,” Cashman said.
“Jansen knows it’s tied with our conversations with Chapman at the same time. At some point, we have the right to take …
