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Updated Dec 11, 2009 6:01 AM ET
     
 
Brian Cashman has been doing a good job of sticking to his plan of making the club younger, more athletic and less tied up in long-term contracts, but he soon could be at a crossroads.

After acquiring Curtis Granderson from Detroit and sending several young players in the three-team deal with Detroit and Arizona, Cashman hadn't exactly strayed from his mission.

Granderson is 28, under a reasonable deal and provides solid defense in center. All of that mitigated the loss of top center-field prospect Austin Jackson, who would have to develop to reach Granderson's level. The loss of left-hander Phil Coke also might not hurt much since the Yankees watched Damaso Marte supplant him as the top lefty option out of the bullpen in the postseason and were able to hold on to lefty Mike Dunn.

But the combination of losing starter Ian Kennedy and Jackson could affect Cashman's plan if the Yankees decide to go all out for Toronto ace Roy Halladay. The veteran star would cost the club at least another top position prospect like catcher Jesus Montero and either Joba Chamberlain or Phil Hughes. Such a deal, combined with the Granderson trade, would suddenly strip the Yankees of much of their young pitching depth while also claiming the club's top two position-player prospects.

So Cashman will have some decisions to make on the Halladay front and could seek out John Lackey as an alternative since he would cost the Yankees only money and years. Or, of course, Cashman could choose to do nothing with either pitcher thanks to the re-acquisition of Andy Pettitte. That would leave the Yankees a little thinner in the rotation, considering they might then have to count on Chamberlain and Hughes without Kennedy as another potential option.

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