ORLANDO, Fla. – They came, they saw, they went?
There are still a few hours left before the winter meetings end and the Yankees contingent flies back to New York, but it certainly appears the club won’t have anything tangible to show for it, although they are far from alone in that regard as general manager Brian Cashman described the market as having a “glacial pace.”
“I haven’t accomplished anything,” Cashman said Wednesday morning. “We’re just going to stay involved and try to align some things, but it’s been difficult so far. I don’t like the questions that are coming our way and I think the opponents, what I’m trying to get from them in terms of trade, they don’t like at the moment.”
“But we do have some conversations that could potentially lead somewhere. But it’s clear that if we had something, we would have done it.”
The Yankees’ biggest target is Cody Bellinger, but there’s little indication his market has seen that much movement, even after Kyle Schwarber — who some executives and agents thought could be the domino for other moves — re-signed with the Phillies on Tuesday.
Partly because of their internal options in left field, such as Jasson Domínguez and Spencer Jones, the Yankees appear willing to wait for Bellinger rather than spend too much money to lock him up now.
And Cashman indicated they are in a position to make moves while they wait for Bellinger — unlike last winter, when their offseason was held up pending a decision from Juan Soto.
“I think we’re being opportunistic,” Cashman said. “We love our players, that’s a fact. But there are players outside of our current control system that we also like and perhaps like more and more because there’s a lot more certainty there, which comes at a cost, whether it’s a trade takeover or free agent dollars. So my job is to capitalize on that and find that out.
“If we get to an area where ‘this makes a lot of sense’ then we are ready to address the equation and change it. But if not, at the same time we also love what we have. Jasson Domínguez is on a journey and Spencer Jones is just beginning his journey. Those are two names.
“But I have no idea how this is going to end.”
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