Man do I love baseball.  And man do I love the New York Yankees.  We are a week into spring training and I am so excited for the season.  I was actually disappointed the Yanks had an off day this week.  Like, they couldn’t have just thrown a bunch of minor leaguers out there and had a game?  Come on.  Oh well.  

While it’s cool to see guys like Judge and Cole back in the pinstripes, and new guys like Soto, Verdugo, and Strowman, make their debuts, what I really love about spring training is watching the young guys.  I read about these guys all season long and I check out the box scores and their stays throughout the year but I never really get to see them play.  I’ve seen Verdugo and Strowman and the other vets play. I know how Cole and Soto and the rest of the established players are going to play this year.  There are really just three veterans worth watching this spring.  Rodon, Cortez, and Rizzo.   Rodon and Nester are the biggies.  They need to be good this season for the Yankees to be serious contenders.  Rodon needs to figure things out and Nester has to return to form.  They have each had a start as of this writing and they both looked fine.  It will not be until they get further into the spring and start throwing more than a couple of innings per game before we will be able to tell where they are at.