The signals existed, if you wanted to see them.
On the other side of the equation stood a power that you ignore at your own risk: Common sense.
In the Shohei Ohtani saga, however, common sense got McAdooed. The signals prevailed.
When Brian Cashman disclosed on Sunday that the Yankees had been eliminated from the Ohtani sweepstakes, I had nearly completed a lengthy Ohtani profile to run in the front (news side, as we call it) of The Post this week. I had spent much of this past week interviewing people who know the Japanese pitcher-outfielder and reading up on the few English-language interviews the 23-year-old has conducted.