Bombers not interested in signing free

TAMPA – Despite a rapidly falling free-agent market — which now has landed Neil Walker in the Bronx — the Yankees aren’t interested in a one-year deal with Alex Cobb, GM Brian Cashman said before Monday’s 2-1 loss to Minnesota.

While the Bombers could add Cobb and still stay under the $197 million luxury-tax threshold, they aren’t interested in sacrificing draft picks in order to sign him. The 30-yearold righty also has an injury history, having undergone Tommy John surgery in 2016, though he did manage to go 12-10 with a 3.66 ERA last season with Tampa.

The Yanks had early interest in Cobb, but it quickly dissipated when they saw the way the market was going. Cobb could land in Milwaukee or Baltimore, though the Orioles have been reticent to surrender draft compensation given their barren farm system.

The Bombers are satisfied with their rotation for now. And with a surplus of top prospects they can be in play for almost any available starter via trade between now and the deadline.

OCTOBER FALL

Yankees special advisor Reggie Jackson suffered a right knee injury after taking a fall and will undergo surgery on Tuesday.

Mr. October was taking a walk on Monday morning when he “slipped or tripped,” according to Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo.

Jackson, who will turn 72 in May, was treated by the team’s training and medical staff and “is in good spirits and in good hands,” Zillo added.

TIME TO SAY NO TO YES

This one is (just about) gone. Ken Singleton, who has been an analyst and play-by-play announcer on Yankees telecasts for MSG and the YES Network since 1997, confirmed on Monday that 2018 will be his final year in the booth.

“It’s definitely time,” Singleton told the Daily News.

Earlier in the day, the 70-year-old Singleton had revealed his plans on Twitter.

“LOOKOUT! This will be my final season of calling baseball games,” Singleton tweeted. “I’ve been playing or talking baseball ever since I was 4 years old. It’s time for this enjoyable ride to end. Thanks fans for allowing me into your homes & businesses. It’s been my pleasure.”

Singleton grew up in Mount Vernon and played 15 years in the majors with the Mets, Montreal and Baltimore, making three AllStar teams as an outfielder with the Orioles between 1977 and ’81.

Singleton served as a color commentator for the Blue Jays and then the Expos from 1985-96 before joining MSG Network doing Yankees games in 1997. Singleton has been part of the YES rotation of analysts that also features David Cone, John Flaherty, Al Leiter and Paul O’Neill alongside Michael Kay, and he often fills in as the play-by-play announcer