Opening Day has come and gone — for the Yankees at least. The offense looked bleak to start the year, as the only runs were produced off of Gary Sánchez’s bat with his two-run bomb. Obviously, there’s no need to bat an eye after one game. The pitching looked solid, and they’ll take the field again tomorrow, as Corey Kluber makes his Yankees debut.
However, this article won’t be about how the Yanks looked on Opening Day, or how El Kraken owns a .667 batting average through one game. What we’re going to discuss is something that happened prior to Opening Day, and, well, needed to happen before Opening Day.