Although this winter may have seemed long, in part due to the snails’ pace of the free agent market, the light at the end of the tunnel is (hypothetically) near. Assuming that spring training starts on time, we’re slightly less than a month before pitchers and catchers report — the average date, for those that have announced them, is roughly February 18 — and slightly more than a month from the first full team workouts.
Since there is little time left in the offseason, it’s a good time to check in on the AL East to see how the Yankees’ biggest rivals are doing this winter.