Brian Cashman reiterated his desire to keep Cody Bellinger on Wednesday, as the general manager said the Yankees are “very interested” in re-signing the free agent.

“Certainly, we’d be better served if we could retain him,” Cashman said before adding, “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: of course, we’d like to have him back.”

Cashman, who spoke remotely over Zoom due to a last-minute, non-baseball obligation with other heads of baseball ops in Las Vegas for the GM Meetings, offered those comments when asked if Bellinger is the Yankees’ top priority this winter. It’s been widely reported that the 30-year-old is after hitting .272/.334/.480 with 29 home runs, 98 RBI, 13 stolen bases and a 125 wRC+ this past season, his first with the Bombers after being traded by the Cubs in a

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