Baseball is back. Finally. Unfortunately, it has returned in the form of meaningless, glorified exhibition games, with starting pitchers throwing two innings, position players going five, and low-minor league prospects handling what should be high-leverage frames. Still…baseball is back! And to fully enjoy the grand return of baseball, we often subconsciously attach value to these spring training games. As much as we all love baseball, it’s not always easy to watch the game just for the sake of watching the game—there needs to be some sort of tangible ‘thing’ to be tracking.
So, if you’re looking for a key feature of each game to keep an eye on, it should probably be pertaining to the most important part of this March for the Yankees.