Saturday, December 10, 2011
NY Post: Yanks willing, waiting to make a deal
Brian Cashman departed the Winter Meetings Thursday not optimistic about signing a free agent or making a trade to upgrade the starting rotation.
According to the general manager, progress wasn’t made yesterday, a day after he admitted, “I am ready to rock and roll. The Yankees are open for business.’’
But the Yankees believe the price on free-agent arms such as Edwin Jackson is too high and teams with hurlers to deal are asking for too much. Thus, the lack of movement.
Although there are a lot of reports that the Yankees are iffy on Yu Darvish, my guess is that it’s subterfuge and they’ll be somewhat aggressive with the bidding for him. Aside from that, I’d be cool with them going into spring training with the team they’ve got now and seeing how the kids do in an open competition. They’ve already said that Hector Noesi will be competing for the fifth spot in the rotation, and I’d like to see him get a chance. Some of the other arms like David Phelps and Adam Warren are also probably close to being ready to contribute.
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