Yanks staying in contact with Nate McLouth

Even while the Yankees are trying to act on making a deal with free-agent outfielder Carlos Beltran, with Shin-Soo Choo and Jacoby Ellsbury still in mind, the Yankees are also keeping tabs on the second-tier outfield market.

The Yankees have remained in contact with outfielder Nate McLouth, says Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. As Rosenthal writes, McLouth could be an inexpensive player to fill the hole in the Yankees' outfield.

This doesn't mean that the Yankees still aren't planning on signing a Beltran or Choo-type player, but it would make getting under the $189 million mark much harder, and that's why the Yanks are making sure to stay in contact with players like McLouth.

Rosenthal also wrote that "McLouth, 32, ranks behind Beltran, Choo and Curtis Granderson on the Yankees' wish list, sources say."

The Baltimore Orioles, McLouth's team of 2013, are still interested in re-signing the right-hitting outfielder. He hit .258 with 12 homeruns and 36 RBIs in 146 games this past season.

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