Balanced roster has Yankees trending upward

MLB.com Yankees reporter Bryan Hoch says a healthy Masahiro Tanaka will be at the core of a successful Yankees run in 2017Spring Training 2017 previewConsidering Girardi waited until March 31 a year ago just to confirm Masahiro Tanaka as his Opening Day starter, forecasting some of the bench and bullpen jobs in camp is a tricky exercise. The skipper might not be ready to reveal much, but that doesn't mean we can't take a stab at it:

Catcher (2): Gary Sanchez and Austin Romine. Sanchez was anointed the everyday catcher even before Brian McCann was traded to the Astros in November, a move that boosted Romine's chances of sticking on the big league roster for a second consecutive season. Romine…