"Brian Cashman says he is "staying engaged with teams and agents and my owner" about possibly improving the club's rotation or bench, but he hasn't found anything alluring yet.

"I'd be interested," Cashman said Friday. "If something makes sense, pursue it."

The problem for Cashman is that he and the rest of the Yankee hierarchy believe that free agents are looking for more money than the Yanks are willing to pay and opposing teams are seeking too much on the trade market in return for pitching.

The Yankees are known to be interested in a reunion with Eric Chavez, who provided capable backup at third base and first last season when healthy."