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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Yankees 2B Robinson Cano has reportedly ask for a $300 million contract. (Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The\u00A0New York Yankees\u00A0front office\u00A0is planning a big shopping spree this winter and could end up spending over\u00A0$300 million on an assortment of free agents, reports ESPN.com.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The management and brass of the Yankees have repeatedly said they want to cut the payroll to $189 million, while still spending big bucks on free agents.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Yankees' initial main targets are expected to include their own\u00A0Robinson Cano, Japanese starter Masahiro Tanaka,\u00A0Atlanta Braves\u00A0catcher\u00A0Brian McCann\u00A0and\u00A0St. Louis Cardinals\u00A0outfielder\u00A0Carlos Beltran, according to sources.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SI WIRE: Report: Yankees will be \u2018serious players\u2019 for Japanese pitcher Masahiro\u00A0Tanaka&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cano has reportedly wanted a 10-year contract worth over $300 million when he becomes a free agent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Beltran, 36, is nearing the end of a two-year, $26 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;More from ESPN.com:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A source said the Yankees are shedding around $85 million to $90 million in payroll from their 2013 numbers, which includes the salaries of retiring players\u00A0Mariano Rivera\u00A0and Andy Pettitte as well as\u00A0Hiroki Kuroda,\u00A0Phil Hughes,\u00A0Joba Chamberlain\u00A0and\u00A0Curtis Granderson becoming free agents. The Yankees have a strong interest in Kuroda returning and would be amenable to Granderson if he took the one-year qualifying offer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Derek Jeter\u00A0has a player option that he can pick up that will drop his salary from $17 million to $9.5 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Outfielders\u00A0Vernon Wells\u00A0and\u00A0Alfonso Soriano\u00A0will be paid nearly $44 million next season but only a fraction of it will be paid by the Yankees because of trade agreements with the\u00A0Los Angeles Angels\u00A0and the\u00A0Chicago Cubs, respectively.&lt;strong&gt;JAFFE: Mulling every possible World Series\u00A0matchup&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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