ORLANDO, Fla. — Hal Steinbrenner has said that if it's possible, he would like to bring down his payroll, one that last season soared to $319 million.

But Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said his conversations with the owner haven’t been drastically different from previous offseasons.

“Hal’s exact words to me continue to be, ‘Take everything that’s out there to me,’ ” Cashman said Sunday night on the eve of this year’s winter meetings , which will take place Monday through Wednesday at the Signia by Hilton Orlando resort. “Which I will continue to do. I haven’t been told by Hal anything like that [orders to cut payroll].”

The Yankees’ payroll surpassed $300 million in 2024 and 2025, a figure Steinbrenner several times in that stretch has said is “not sustainable.”

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