ST. LOUIS -- Yankees general manager and senior vice president Brian Cashman addressed a wide range of topics on the field at Busch Stadium on Friday evening before the club's opener against the Cardinals. With every answer came a circling back to some of the same themes. No, the Yankees have not been having recent success. Yes, they do believe the roster has improved since the Trade Deadline and will yet display that improvement. No, there are no easy answers to the team’s recurring problems.

“We just need to win,” Cashman said when asked what the team needs to do to start winning. “The obvious answer to that question, to state the obvious, is we’ve got to win tonight’s game and keep it simple, one game at a time, but then string together win after win.”

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