The New York Yankees have the money to spend on Manny Machado, but Hal Steinbrenner admitted that the infielder's comments about hustling during the postseason will have to be explained.

The Yankees were under the luxury tax threshold last season for the first time since the penalty took effect in 2003.

Machado admitted that he's "not the type of player that's going to be Johnny Hustle" after he jogged out a ground ball during the National League Championship Series.

"Certainly, those comments are troubling," Steinbrenner said before adding that it would be the job of Brian Cashman to determine whether the comments would disqualify the Yankees from pursuing such a player.

"If we're interested in any player, we sit down with them face-to-face with their agent and ask them, 'Where did this come from? What context was around the entire interview? What point were you trying to make? How do you justify it?'" Steinbrenner said. "Because that ain't going to sell where we play baseball."