Monday was often a day off for the Yankees in the second half of the year, but this Monday finds us fully in the offseason at last. We’re seeing player and team options get exercised, and our full roster of free agents will be complete and ready to negotiate with soon enough (be on the lookout for our free agent series starting next week). Until then, it’s all quiet on the battlefield as general managers prepare to head into their yearly meetings. It’s a precursor to the more recognizable Winter Meetings, but the first steps have to be somewhere.