SAN DIEGO — Brian Cashman and the Yankees are like the remainder of baseball: They're nonetheless ready on Aaron Choose.
Cashman arrived on the winter conferences on Monday and stated he had a dialog with Choose’s agent, Web page Odle, earlier within the day, however nonetheless had no indication whether or not the largest free agent of the offseason was going to stay in The Bronx.
“It solely takes one [team] to take him from us,” Cashman stated. “It’s a hazard. We’ve achieved it many instances and it’s been achieved to us, too. We’ll see.”
The Yankees are believed to have made a proposal of about eight years and $300 million and whereas Cashman wouldn’t affirm these numbers, the final supervisor stated he’s made “quite a lot of affords” for the reason that season ended and the “affords are lots totally different” than the seven-year, $213.5 million extension Choose rejected on Opening Day.
Now, the Giants, with whom Choose met in San Francisco final month, are seen as the obvious risk to steal the slugger.
“We're negotiating onerous,” stated Cashman, who added that managing basic companion Hal Steinbrenner is “placing his cash the place his mouth is.”
However that, Cashman conceded, “doesn’t assure something.”
And he additionally stated that Choose’s camp has given the Yankees no indication they'll come again to them earlier than Choose makes a remaining choice.
And whereas the negotiations proceed, not less than a number of the Yankees’ offseason plans are on maintain, since they should understand how a lot cash — if any — they want for Choose or if it can go elsewhere. For now, Cashman stated he’s not placing a deadline on when he wants a choice from the outfielder earlier than he must look elsewhere.
“You’ve seen within the final 48 hours, folks begin to make selections,” Cashman stated of the highest free brokers comparable to Jacob deGrom to Texas, Justin Verlander to the Mets and Trea Turner to the Phillies.
“It’s not like we missed time, for my part, however I perceive the longer issues go, the extra in danger you might be,” Cashman stated. “It’s simpler if we're driving it. We’re not driving it. … He’s acquired plenty of leverage and he’s earned that proper.”
Chatting with Giants beat reporters Monday night time, Farhan Zaidi, San Francisco’s president of baseball operations, stated talks between the Giants and Choose “are persevering with.”
Zaidi stated the workforce has “actually sturdy curiosity” in Choose and the outfielder’s go to with the workforce was “actually productive.”
It’s unknown whether or not Choose has met with every other groups.
MLB.com reported Monday that Choose was anticipated to attend these conferences on the Grand Hyatt on Tuesday, however somebody near Choose stated Monday night time that Choose “was not coming presently.”
Aaron Boone stated he spoke to Choose lately, however not about free company — and he was additionally uncertain of Choose’s plans.
Choose was in Tampa on Monday night time, on the Buccaneers-Saints recreation at Raymond James Stadium, and spoke with star quarterback Tom Brady within the tunnel earlier than the sport.
Cashman stated if Choose departs, the Yankees might flip to the free-agent shortstop market, which nonetheless contains Carlos Correa, Xander Bogaerts and Dansby Swanson.
“If Choose indicators elsewhere, can we pivot and do one thing else?,’’ Cashman stated. “Can we remake ourselves utterly? I do not know. It’s not what we wish to do.”
They wish to maintain Choose, who set the American League file with 62 homers final season.
Turner, a little bit over a 12 months youthful than Choose, signed an 11-year, $300 million cope with the Phillies on Monday.
How that impacts the size of Choose’s deal — if in any respect — stays to be seen and there's a perception the Yankees would go to a ninth 12 months to retain Choose — very like they did three years in the past after they signed Gerrit Cole.
“We’ll see the way it all performs out,” Cashman stated. “The best way this winter is gonna play out might take us down plenty of totally different roads we didn’t anticipate. My telephone has been much more lively the final 5 days than [before]. Issues have been growing slowly and now they’re opening up a little bit bit.”
— Extra reporting by Jon Heyman
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