[情報] GM Cashman has no plans to part with Cano, Wang

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Yanks facing trade deadline dilemma
GM Cashman has no plans to part with Cano, Wang


NEW YORK -- For the past few years, the common perception of the
Yankees' Minor League system is that it lacked any legitimate big
league prospects.

This season, however, the Bombers have promoted a pair of players
-- second baseman Robinson Cano and right-hander Chien-Ming Wang --
that have become significant pieces of the team's everyday structure.

With the trade deadline rapidly approaching, the question now becomes:
Will Cano and Wang be given the chance to develop into proven big league
players while wearing a Yankees uniform, or will they be shipped off
like so many pinstriped prospects before them?

According to general manager Brian Cashman, he has no plans to deal
either youngster.

"I'm not opposed to anything that can help," Cashman said. "But this
isn't currently a circumstance in which I would recommend we go make
a big trade, trade a whole bunch of prospects for a veteran player."

Since 2000, the Yankees have sent several prospects packing in trades,
including Yhency Brazoban, Ted Lilly, Jake Westbrook, Wily Mo Pena,
Brandon Claussen, Dioner Navarro and Brad Halsey. When it came time to
talk trades, New York offered up its top prospects without a second thought.

So, with Cano and Wang seemingly off the trading block, where does
that leave the Yankees before July 31?

For starters, the Yanks don't have a specific area of need. With
Jaret Wright's health in question and Kevin Brown having already visited
the disabled list twice this season, a starting pitcher to bolster
the back end of the rotation is a possibility -- something along
the lines of last summer's deal for Esteban Loaiza.

A left-handed specialist could also be a target for Cashman, as
Mike Stanton and Buddy Groom haven't proven to be effective against
left-handed hitters.

The big league roster is very inflexible in terms of potential trades,
with several star players such as Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi
and Bernie Williams all possessing no-trade clauses. Ditto for pitchers Brown,
Mike Mussina and Randy Johnson.

Those without no-trades -- Jorge Posada, Tino Martinez, Wright --
simply make too much money for most teams to consider dealing for them.

"The answers are all here. They have to be," Cashman said. "The
frustration is more from the fact that the talent level is all here,
we just have to be able to get it going."

A quick scan of the roster shows Tony Womack as the player most
likely to be dealt, as the infielder-turned-outfielder could offer
stability to a team looking for a second baseman. With Hideki Matsui,
Williams and Gary Sheffield in the outfield, the Yankees could surely
part with Womack, who was displaced as the second baseman in early May
by Cano.

In the Minors, the Yankees do have some prospects that could draw
the attention of other teams, including third baseman Eric Duncan
and outfielder Melky Cabrera, both playing with Double-A Trenton.
At Triple-A Columbus, hard-throwing reliever Scott Proctor could
also garner some interest.

When the deadline passes, the Yankees will likely look very much
like they do now. Whether or not that's good enough is the $200 million
question.

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