Yankees Won't Deal Young Pitchers For Cabrera

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Hank Steinbrenner was clear on what the New York Yankees won't do to get Miguel Cabrera.

"It's pretty obvious which players we're not going to trade," the owner's son said Wednesday, before rattling off the team's most-prized young pitchers. "Chamberlain, Hughes and even Kennedy. Not for a position player."

As the Florida Marlins try to gauge what teams would give them for their All-Star third baseman, the Yankees are showing qualified interest. Yes, they'd love Cabrera to replace Alex Rodriguez, but they're prepared to wait for the asking price to go down. For now, when other teams inquire, Joba Chamberlain, Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy aren't available.

I think this is a smart move for the Yanks, those pitchers have tremendous upside and I wouldn't give any one of them up for a guy who is eating himself out of his position at third base. Its clear that Cabrera is a prennial All-Star but its not like Wilson Betemit is that bad of an option that you need to mortgage the future for him.