CASHMAN MAY HAVE ONE MORE MOVE UP HIS SLEEVE

We are twelve days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training. The biggest free agents should know which uniform they will be wearing and getting ready to settle in with their new teams. Brian Cashman has made a lot of moves to improve the team this winter, but there are still so many free agents out there. Maybe there is a bargain to be found. Is it possible that Cashman isn't done shopping yet?

It's hard to believe that Manny Machado and Bryce Harper are still unsigned. They are young superstars who expected to have a lot of money thrown at them but haven't. With their value still declining, could Cashman be poised to make a move? After all, he did say that the Yankees were a "fully operational Death Star" but without Machado or Harper can it really be "fully operational?"

It's hard not to speculate when you have big names out there still. The Yankees have swooped in at the last minute and stolen big names before....remember Mark Teixeira? It was nice to steal him from the Red Sox. Too bad the Red Sox aren't rumored to be chasing either player to make it more exciting.

The Yankees made some good additions this winter, but it sounds like they may not be done. Cashman may have one more trick up his sleeve according to multiple sources. Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe thinks Cashman may be shopping for more pitching HERE, and if you are like me and aren't interested in getting your Yankee news from the Boston Globe Jon Heyman is also reporting the same thing HERE. Interesting.

The Yankees have a full rotation already. They held off on the Sonny Gray trade until they had a better understanding of CC Sabathia's recovery from his surgery, but eventually did trade him. Now the Yankees are looking for some more pitching depth. The Yankees could be looking for an impact bat, especially a lefty....but Cashman is looking at more pitching.

The cliche is true, you can never have enough pitching, but I wonder which pitcher Cashman has his eye on. Dallas Keuchel is 31 and looking for big money. I don't think he is the bargain Cashman is looking for. The Yankees already have three lefties but could he be looking at Gio Gonzalez? Or maybe he is looking for another cheaper reclamation project like Jeremy Hellickson. He spent time on the disabled list last season but when he did pitch he pitched well for Washington.

The Yankees are projected to have the third best rotation in baseball according to Fangraphs right behind the Indians and the Red Sox but the Yankees are still shopping for pitching. I guess the Yankees Death Star isn't fully operational after all.

Cashman has his poker face back on. So what completes the Death Star? Is it another starting pitcher....or a big bat?

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @nyprincessj