Carlos Beltran, whom Cashman traded to Texas at the trade deadline this summer, is also considered a strong target for the DH role, according to sources, even though the switch-hitter turns 40 in April. Sources say that the Yankees would also be interested in free-agent slugger Edwin Encarnacion, but his asking price — FanRag's Jon Heyman reported that the Blue Jays offered Encarnacion $80 million and four years to return to Toronto — would probably have to come down considerably for the Yankees to pursue him.