LAS VEGAS — Just because Brian Cashman has engaged Manny Machado’s representative in conversations about the free-agent infielder doesn’t mean the Yankees are fitting Machado for a uniform.
However, it does put Machado ahead of outfielder Bryce Harper when it comes to the jewels of the free-agent class because of a very simple reason: There is room for Machado in the infield and no vacancy in the outfield.
Sitting in a suite in the Delano Hotel on the second day of MLB’s flesh-dealing market, Cashman was bored by inquiries about Harper possibly becoming a Yankee.
“At no point all winter have I said I am looking for an outfielder,’’ Cashman said Monday when pressed on Harper.