Brian Cashman: Yankees ‘reached out’ but no deals on horizon
NY Post
BOSTON — The Yankees are ready to start wheeling and dealing, their general manager declared Saturday. Alas, the rest of Major League Baseball has not reciprocated such enthusiasm.
“We certainly have reached out, between myself and [assistant GM] Mike Fishman, to all parties [in] both leagues,” Brian Cashman said, before the Yankees fell to the Red Sox, 4-2, at Fenway Park. “We’ve had a lot of conversations but … I wouldn’t say there’s any momentum. I don’t get a sense that there’s a feeling of action right now from the industry. It doesn’t mean that people can’t make a deal or won’t make a deal, but it doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of heavy activity ready to burst.” The Yankees’ most obvious needs are center field, where Aaron Hicks’ season-ending left wrist injury has compromised them, and the starting rotation, where Corey Kluber (right shoulder), Luis Severino (right elbow and right groin) will be out for a while longer while Deivi Garcia has cratered in the minor leagues. The Marlins’ Starling Marte headlines the list of potentially available center fielders while the list of potentially available starting pitchers could be topped by the Rockies’ Jon Gray.
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