At long last, the offseason and Spring Training are over. That applies both to the present day Yankees and the Yankees of yesteryear. Our MLB Trade Rumors archive series moves (concludes, really) into April 2014. The Yankees lost to Scott Feldman and the Astros — Houston went 51-111 the prior season — on Opening Day that year. Most notably, Dellin Betances pitched that day and made the first of what would eventually be 70 dominant appearances that season.
The Yankees had a very busy 2013-14 offseason. Robinson Cano left as a free agent and the Yankees responded to their forgettable 2013 season with several big free agent signings (Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, Masahiro Tanaka) and several smaller free agent signings (Kelly Johnson, Brian Roberts, Matt Thornton).