Yankees general manager Brian Cashman believes that he will have a new contract in place by the time his current deal expires on Oct. 31. Cashman has been New York's general manager since 1998. "It'll get done between now and Oct. 31st, I'm sure," Cashman said. "I can't promise, but I think that's what everybody expects. I know it's something that everybody has to follow. But that's not a pressing circumstance, as far as something I'm worried about right now." Cashman has no flights booked to meet with managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner in Tampa, but a new contract would not necessarily have to be negotiated face to face. "I'm sure it could get done over the phone, from my perspective," he said. "I don't want to speak for him."