00:00Brian Cashman spoke for about 90 minutes earlier Tuesday to a large contingent of reporters.
00:06Brian Cashman said he's operating his business as normal as much as possible.
00:09He's not holding back from talking to free agents and talking, making trade discussions.
00:14He would not define what the budget is, except for to say that Hal Steinberg gave him one and didn't
00:18give him two.
00:19In other words, one in case, like for now, and one in case there are more punitive measures for large
00:26payrolls, including a salary cap.
00:27He says he's operating under one. While he didn't, the sense I've gotten from executives and agents I've talked to
00:33about it is the Yankees are not moving in the upper regions, but that they might have some money to
00:39spend.
00:39I think obviously more could be spent if, say, David Bednar turns down the qualifying offer or they're able to
00:45trade a player eventually, like, say, Luis Garcia or Clark Schmidt and open up some more finances.
00:51But again, why don't I go position by position as a way to kind of define where I think the
00:55Yankees are right now?
00:56I think the Yankees are right now.
