The baseball world’s decision-makers descended upon the Las Vegas Strip this week, filling the hallways of the Cosmopolitan, but Brian Cashman was more than a thousand miles from the casino action.

A last-minute personal issue kept the Yankees general manager in New York, but with several lieutenants on the ground in Nevada, Cashman said his club is well-positioned to lay its groundwork for the winter ahead.

“I’m staying connected via phone with other clubs and agents,” Cashman said via Zoom. “You gather as much early information [as possible], but it seems like what usually plays out is, it’s going to take some time. Once we start heading to the Winter Meetings in Orlando, hopefully we’ll have a pretty clear definition of what’s going on.”

Assistant GM Michael Fishman, vice president o

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