For the first time in the four decades of baseball's modern economic era, the New York Yankees enter spring training without having signed a single free agent to a major league contract. ''That's a reflection of obviously our current commitments, which are substantial,'' general manager Brian Cashman said before spring training's start this week. The Yankees started 57-42 in the first year following captain Derek Jeter's retirement and led the AL East by seven games on July 29.
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