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Don’t totally discount the Yankees’ spring training record

Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi said some positive things can be taken out of the Yankees' 15-5 spring training record.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — At a chilly Florida Auto Exchange Stadium on Thursday afternoon, the Yankees recorded a comeback for the ages. Ages 22 to 30, to be more specific.

And that’s why their Grapefruit League record, which you typically regard with the same importance as a finale of “The Bachelor,” carries a little more heft this time.

The Yankees erased an early three-run deficit and a late one-run deficit and prevailed, 11-5, over the American League East rival Blue Jays, and DH Chris Carter, 30, wound up as the only non-20-something who made the Yankees’ boxscore.