NEW YORK _ He won't say yes, and he won't say no.
"I'm not going to talk about anybody in particular," said Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner, when asked about free agent starters Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg during a YES Network interview.
"But let me just say that all options are open as far as I'm concerned."
During a sit down with Meredith Marakovits on the off-season premier edition of Yankees Hot Stove, airing Monday night at 7 p.m., Steinbrenner emphasized that he'd listen on any recommendations from his baseball operations team, including top-of-the-market free agent starters.
"Anything that rolls around, across my desk, I'm going to be looking at real seriously," Steinbrenner said.
But leading up to next week's MLB Winter Meetings at San Diego, it's still difficult to gauge the Yankees' exact appetite for a big-ticket free agent starter, coming off a 103-win season.
