YANKS LOOK BEYOND CHEATING TO BUILD THE BEST AL TEAM!

While the ASSTROS are busy cheating, the Yankees are looking beyond this to build the best team in the AL.

On the first day of GM meetings, Brian Cashman stated that improving the Yankees' starting rotation would be a team priority. This is no surprise as we all know that pitching was the team's biggest weakness during the past season. The team's 4.51 ERA among starters ranked fourth among the five AL playoff teams during the regular season.

Source: Bleacher Report

 The biggest targets at the moment are Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg. However, these are not the only ones.

"Obviously, starting pitching is always something that we want to try to continue to look at and shore up," Cashman said. "There are some exciting opportunities that exist in the marketplace via trade as well as free agency. Of course, we're going to talk to Strasburg; we'll talk to Cole. We'll talk to the higher-end guys, clearly, and have conversations, and we'll also talk about some surprise guys, I'm sure."

Source: NYPost

In regards to our free agents, Cashman said that there is no ownership mandate on a maximum payroll, however, if the Yankees sign Cole or Strasburg, it might be hard to resign Brett Gardner, Didi Gregorius, and Dellin Betances.

"Trust me, I know one thing. We are going to stay connected, get as much information as we can, and gravitate to what is the most realistic," said Cashman.

I am feeling confident that Cashman will do the right thing when it comes to the GM meetings. So far it seems like he knows what to do in order to get us our next ring...the honest way.

--Missy O'Rourke
BYB Contributor
Twitter: @missy_orourke