Yankees GM Brian Cashman says they don’t have interest in signing Daniel Murphy this offseason, noting they are likely to stick with either Rob Refsnyder or Dustin Ackley at second base for 2016 (Nov. 9).
“I think if we’re going to pursue something … we have two offensive-profile players already at that position,” Cashman said at GM Meetings on Monday. “So I think if we did any changing there it would be seeking more balance of both sides of the ball.”
While Murphy, 30, hit .281 with 14 home runs and 73 RBIs last season for the Mets, Refsnyder and Ackley are both younger, cheaper and under team control for at least the next three seasons.
The 24-year-old Refsnyder hit .302 with two home runs and five RBIs in just 16 games for the Yankees after hitting .271 with nine home runs and 56 RBIs with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He becomes eligible for arbitration in 2019 and can become a free agent in 2022.
Ackley, 27, played in just 23 games with the Yankees after being traded from the Mariners because of a back injury. He hit .288 with four home runs and 11 RBIs with New York and wouldn’t become a free agent until 2018.
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