The Yankees are considering picking up Gary Sheffield's option for the 2007 season with the expectation that they will trade him. The free-agent market is going to be thin again with the main outfield sluggers likely to be Jermaine Dye, Carlos Lee and Alfonso Soriano. one AL executive cautioned, "My guess is that is a dangerous game to play, especially since they have Abreu's salary on books. If Sheffield goes off in the last two weeks of September or the postseason, then I might do it. But if they get stuck with that salary or paying a big chunk to trade him, that would be a bad move, and you are talking about a player who is in his late 30s, who is coming off a major injury and has had his power production decline in recent years." However, another AL executive said, "I believe someone would take him for a year, but the deal would have to be worked out ahead of time" and cited the Angels, White Sox and Giants as possible landing places.