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Yankees' Hal Steinbrenner: 'We've Traded Away Too Many Guys the Last Few Years'

The New York Yankees didn't make any major moves at the 2023 deadline.

That's because owner Hal Steinbrenner wanted to cultivate prospects after the team "traded away too many guys the last few years," Steinbrenner told the Associated Press' Mark Didtler Thursday.

"We'll learn a lot in September and we'll learn a lot in the spring," Steinbrenner said while visiting the team's minor league affiliate in Tampa, Florida. "That's why I didn't want to trade these guys away at the trade deadline. We've traded away too many guys the last few years. So, I think it will be exciting.