"These are great Yankees that we have a devotion to," Cashman said. "We appreciate what they do. I feel there's a time and place, and I know ownership agrees, for these discussions. Right now, we feel that [the time is] not a year in advance of when the contract expires.Unless they all have the worst seasons of their lives they're all coming back.
"They're priceless to our fans. We know that. There's a bond there and we recognize that they're special. We'll obviously approach players at the end of the season and start working on 2011, but this is about 2010 right now."