Opening Day rosters offer a snapshot, and perhaps one never more ephemeral than this year. So many free agents signed late and were not yet on rosters, but soon will be — think Jake Arrieta, Alex Cobb and Greg Holland, for example — assuring lots of early season tinkering.
Still, there were 877 players either on active rosters or a list — disabled, paternity or restricted — when the season began Thursday. And if you look a little closer, even a snapshot can be revealing.
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No organization had more players it signed to their first pro contract among those 877 than the Yankees — and it was not close.