Yankees GM Brian Cashman<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
One of the outstanding questions about the\u00a0Yankees\u00a0approach to free agency that has emerged in recent days, especially as the team missed out on Juan Soto and, subsequently, a trade for the\u00a0Astros\u2019\u00a0Kyle Tucker, is whether GM Brian Cashman\u2019s disdain for all things Houston\u2013dating back to the team\u2019s sign-stealing scandal of 2017\u2013would prevent him from pursuing star third baseman Alex Bregman.<\/p>\n
Bregman remains in free agency, even as the Astros appear more likely to move on from him following the move to trade away Tucker, who landed with the Cubs.<\/p>\n
Cashman has made no bones about the fact that he feels that the Yankees might have won a World Series in 2017 if not for the Astros\u2019 cheating. While Bregman was not specifically a culprit in that scandal, he was one of the faces of that team. Cashman would have to swallow hard to sign Bregman.<\/p>\n
Alex Bregman Is in Play<\/h2>\n
On Friday, in somewhat frank terms, Cashman indicated that he would be willing to do just that. He was\u00a0asked by NJ.com\u00a0whether he would be willing to sign Bregman despite what he represents for the Yankees.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy job is to find a way to make us as quality as we can year in and year out,\u201d Cashman said. \u201cSo we\u2019re going to vet every opportunity out there. First and foremost, find out if that can match. He\u2019s been a thorn in our side for years along with a lot of other peoples\u2019 side. He\u2019s now into free agency. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s got a whole boatload of choices. Really good players like him make a lot of money.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have had a conversation or two with Scott Boras, with a lot of his clients, including Alex Bregman. I certainly respect the player and his ability and how much winning he\u2019s been a part of, but that\u2019s about as far as I will say at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yankees & Red Sox in Bidding War?<\/h2>\n
Certainly, the Yankees could use Bregman, who\u00a0hit 26 homers\u00a0and batted .260 this season. He\u2019s a two-time All-Star who has spent his entire nine-year career in Houston, but after a relatively down season, he could be ready for a change of scenery.<\/p>\n
After the season, Bregman seemed to indicate he was done with the Astros. \u201cThank you Houston,\u201d Bregman wrote on Twitter\/X.<\/p>\n
Bregman won\u2019t be cheap, but the Yankees have needs in the infield. His projected contract at Spotrac\u2013four years, $120 million\u2013is not out of the Yankees\u2019 range, and with the team\u2019s trade for reliever Devin Williams, which sent out top\u00a0second-base prospect Caleb Durbin\u00a0to Milwaukee, the likelihood has increased that New York will move Jazz Chisholm to second base and sign a third baseman.<\/p>\n
While Bregman\u2019s options are dwindling, he does remain in the middle of a potential bidding war between the Yankees and their archrival, the\u00a0Red Sox<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yankees GM Brian Cashman One of the outstanding questions about the\u00a0Yankees\u00a0approach to free agency that has emerged in recent days, especially as the team missed out on… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n
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