Standing on the grass at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida, this spring watching Aaron Judge drill moon shots toward Dale Mabry Highway, you couldn't yet see into July, when the New York Yankees would hit the eject button on two-thirds of their killer back end of the bullpen and parachute into seller mode for the first time since 1989.
But here in midsummer, Andrew Miller now property of the Cleveland Indians and Aroldis Chapman that of the Chicago Cubs, you sure as heck can look ahead as these ho-hum Yankees slog toward the 2016 finish line and see a future that has clicked from grainy, muddled signals to high-def.