On the seventh day
The Yankees.com website says 7 days and 14 hours until spring training. It was very cold today, wind chills around zero so the thought of pitchers and catchers reporting in 7 days warmed my bones.
There are not really any huge position/pitching battles going into Spring Training. Centerfield is the only position battle between Melky and Gardner with Swisher as an emergency third option. The bench is also in flux but that is a flux area every year for every team.
The middle relief is the other place for some battles. Guys like Veras, Ramirez, Bruney, Robertson, Melancon will be looking for spots. Mo and Marte are about the only 2 solid spots in the bullpen. I think with this competition the bullpen could be a strength this year.
Of course with Wang coming back from injury, AJ one minor ache away from the DL and CC coming off 2 years of heavy workloads, a spot may open up in the rotation come opening day.
