"Brian Cashman says he's not interested in (player X)".

If Brian Cashman says he's not interested in a player, it means nothing.

In December 2008, John Henry announced that the Red Sox were dropping out from signing Mark "Barbaro" Teixeira because a team had outbid the Red Sox. Brian Cashman was asked about it and responded, "Not us". Shortly after, Teixeira signed with the Yankees.

On 1/13/11, six days after saying, "I will not lose our number one draft pick. I would have for Cliff Lee. I won't lose our number one draft pick for anyone else.", the Yankees signed type A free agent Rafael Soriano, costing the Yankees a #1 draft pick. Granted, in this case the Yankees signed the player against Cashman's wishes.