New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman refused to enter the Manny Machado hustle debate Thursday, telling ESPN New York Radio that the bottom line is putting together "the best team we possibly can."
On Wednesday, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said it was "troubling" to hear Machado say after failing to run out a groundball in the NL Championship Series that he's "not the type of player that's going to be Johnny Hustle." Steinbrenner added that it would be up to Cashman to determine whether that comment would disqualify the Yankees from pursuing the free-agent superstar.