The Yankees executed quite a one-day winter.
Spring training, on the other hand, should be compelling nearly every day.
For sure, 100 out of 100 Yankees fans will accept the trade-off of a largely tranquil Hot Stove League in return for the noise registered on Dec. 10, when the team agreed on a record-setting, nine-year, $324 million contract with Gerrit Cole. Combine the poaching of Cole, perhaps the game’s best pitcher, from the rival Astros with the uncertainty surrounding both Houston and the Red Sox due to baseball’s sign-stealing scandal and the Yankees stand as the clear favorites to represent the American League in the World Series.