Thoughts one week before pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training

(Justin K. Aller/Getty)One week! One week until pitchers and catchers report to Tampa to begin Spring Training. Nothing really happens the day pitchers and catchers report, but still, it’s exciting. It’s the first day of the new season. The sooner baseball starts happening and we can move on from this bore of an offseason, the better. Anyway, some thoughts.

1. Have I mentioned I think the plan to get under the $197M luxury tax threshold is stupid? Because I think it’s stupid. The Yankees are built to win now, they’ve already sold 550,000 more tickets than this time last year, they played six lucrative home postseason games last season, and there are still so many quality free agents…