We are now exactly four weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Tampa for Spring Training. Not even a full month. I so can not wait. Let’s get this season started already. Should be fun. Anyway, I have some thoughts on things, so let’s get to ’em.
1. The Yankees missed out on Gerrit Cole — can we even say they missed out? the Yankees never seemed all that desperate to get him — yet I still think they wind up adding another starter before Opening Day. Just a hunch. The Yankees have reportedly checked in on way too many pitchers this offseason (Cole, Yu Darvish, Alex Cobb, Michael Fulmer, Chris Archer, Patrick Corbin, etc.