"While Brian Cashman has five starting pitchers and is looking for an arm to fall in behind ace CC Sabathia, the general manager hasn't ruled out Bartolo Colon returning to the Yankees.

"He would be in the same category as [Eric] Chavez and [Andruw] Jones,'' Cashman said of the veteran right-hander who went 8-10 with a 4.00 ERA in 29 games (26 starts) a year ago. "He did a good job last year. I have discussed it with [agent] Adam [Katz.].''

Cashman didn't rule out Colon being part of the Yankees' bullpen, as he was at the start of last season."