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- Updated: January 3, 2017
NEW YORK — There is a chance that Aroldis Chapman and Matt Holliday comprised the majority of the Yankees’ heavy lifting for this offseason, with their signings helping to reload a roster that manager Joe Girardi expects to be prepared to compete in the American League East.
Yet the Yanks’ continued dialogue with the White Sox regarding left-hander Jose Quintana, among other targets on the trade market, suggests that general manager Brian Cashman might still have a big move up his sleeve before pitchers and catchers report to Tampa, Fla., on Feb. 14.
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Pitching is the Yankees’ priority as they prepare for spring. Though the club continues to say it is willing to go forward with what it has, it recognizes the potential benefit of adding a starter to a mix that counts Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda and CC Sabathia as its only locks.
While Quintana would be an attractive fit for his talent and contract — he is signed over the next four years at a relatively affordable $35.35 million, so he conceivably would help beyond this season — the Yanks have thus far been reluctant to meet the high asking price of the White Sox, which would dip into New York’s stable of promising talent.
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“I think the most important currency to have nowadays is high-end prospects, and I think we — by everyone’s evaluation — have collected a number of those,” Cashman told MLB Network. “So I think we can easily do that. It’s just, will we do that?
“I think we’ll stay engaged in the marketplace, and over time, if we do match up favorably with anybody where we can get what we want and they get …
