Why Brian Cashman didn’t ‘accomplish anything’ for Yankees at winter meetings

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Yankees came, they saw, they left.

And while the rest of the division may not have conquered quite yet, the Yankees’ competition is only getting better.

There is still time, of course — two months until pitchers and catchers report — for the Yankees to improve their roster heading into 2026, particularly with their top target, Cody Bellinger, still on the board.

But the Winter Meetings wrapped up on Wednesday without the Yankees having anything tangible to show for it, still early in an offseason in which their biggest foes in the AL East have each made impact moves.

A few hours before the Orioles and Pete Alonso agreed to a five-year, $155 million deal, general manager Brian Cashman had described the market as moving at a “glacial speed.”

“I haven’t accomplished anything,” Cashman said Wednesday morning. “We’re just staying engaged, trying to match up with some things, but it’s been tough so far. Don’t like the asks coming our way and I guess the opposing teams, what I’m trying to pull from them on the trade stuff, they’re not liking currently. But we do have some conversations that possibly could lead somewhere. But clearly if we had something, we would have done it.”