The Yankees recently approached White Sox GM Kenny Williams about trying to work out a trade for center fielder Aaron Rowand, according to sources, but were told by Williams there was no match between the teams. That news shrank an already small pool of potential solutions for the Bombers' gaping hole in center and leaves them with few obvious candidates to replace Bernie Williams. In addition, the Yankees essentially have ruled out moving Hideki Matsui from left field to center, which is the position he played in Japan. "Our preference is to leave him on the corner, if we retain him," GM Brian Cashman said.