After four long months of offseason, the Yankees opened Spring Training yesterday as pitchers and catchers reported to Tampa. Position players will follow next Wednesday. Grapefruit League play begins the week after that. Soon real live baseball will be on our screens, and we’ll be overreacting to small sample sizes against low quality competition even though we all know we shouldn’t.
The offseason is over but the roster building is not. It never is. The Yankees have made some notable moves in the middle of Spring Training in recent years, including trades to acquire Shawn Kelley, Vernon Wells, Chris Stewart, and Chris Dickerson.