"There's a reason that Drew has been getting the significant bulk of the playing time this year. Obviously he's the best option that we've had," Cashman said. "When you look outside the organization, there hasn't been anything that we could secure that would change that.
"Stephen Drew cares about winning, he's busted his tail, he's helped us win some games. The batting average isn't where he or we would hope, but at the same time I appreciate that he's killing it out there every day for us, trying to do everything he possibly can to help us win.