By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 1/30/2013 12:58 P.M. ET
NEW YORK -- The Yankees have expressed interest in free-agent slugger Travis Hafner, as the club is looking toward the remaining late-winter options for its designated-hitter slot.
Hafner, 35, batted .228 with 12 home runs and 34 RBIs in 64 games for the Indians last season, and he is among a group of players the Yankees are looking at to serve in a DH role.
Cleveland cut ties with Hafner in October, choosing to pay the left-handed hitter a $2.75 million buyout instead of a $13 million option for the 2013 season, but the Indians and Hafner are believed to have remained in contact.
Hafner, the owner of 201 home runs over 11 seasons, has not played the field in a big league game since 2007. As a full-time DH with the Yanks, he would essentially fill the role envisioned last season for Raul Ibanez.
The Yankees have also been in the market for a right-handed hitter who can play some outfield and hit left-handed pitching well, a role filled the past two seasons by Andruw Jones, suggesting that Hafner would primarily be asked to play against right-handers.
Hafner has been limited to an average of 86 games per season over the past five years, and has struggled against left-handed pitching. However, dating back to 2008, Hafner has hit .269 with a .371 on-base percentage against right-handed pitching.
Last year, the Yanks and Indians held discussions about a preseason trade that could have sent Hafner to New York in a deal for pitcher A.J. Burnett, but the talks stalled and the Yankees sent Burnett to the Pirates instead.
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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