By LARRY FLEISHER

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner declined to say Monday whether he favors a salary cap proposal in the next collective bargaining agreement but reiterated he might support a salary floor.

“I don’t feel like I’m in position right now research-wise, knowledge-wise to answer that question,” Steinbrenner said in a video conference from Tampa. “We’ll always be among the highest payroll-wise. We always have been. We always will be.”

In February, Steinbrenner said he might support a salary cap proposal as long as it contains a provision mandating minimum payrolls. MLB has had a luxury tax in place since 2003 but is the only one of the four major U.S. professional leagues without a salary cap.

“Something that would be reasonable enough that it would i

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