Pitchers and catchers reporting to Florida and Arizona subsequent week doesn’t imply groups are achieved making an attempt to get higher.
As you’ll undoubtedly hear Brian Cashman say once more this yr, it’s not pencils down till the commerce deadline.
However that doesn’t imply we will’t use the eve of camp as a marker to see how the Yankees’ offseason in comparison with the groups that may attempt to stand of their manner of successful a second straight American League pennant.
The reigning World Collection champion Dodgers have been clearly head-and-shoulders above the remainder of the league this offseason by way of bringing in expertise, although “winning” the offseason and $2.90 will get you a experience on the subway. And whereas the Yankees needed to cope with the blow of shedding Juan Soto to the Mets in December, they nonetheless discovered a option to pivot and probably hold tempo with the remainder of the contenders within the AL – as Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA projections, launched earlier this week, had them tied with the Orioles for probably the most wins within the AL.
