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Yankees will bide their time during free agency
Quick ReadThe Yankees' immediate attention is likely to be cast toward three of their own free agents - Andy Pettitte, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui.
Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman talking with manager Joe Girardi. (October 30, 2009)
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WHEN free agency begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, the Yankees' M.O. is all but certain to be far different than it was last year.
"You won't be seeing us [offering] right out of the gate for some time," general manager Brian Cashman said.
That doesn't mean the defending champions, with a title resulting largely from free-agent acquisitions a year ago who cost about $423 million, won't have...
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