Time to take down your holiday lights and quit it with the hall-decked Hot Stove jokes like the Yankees receiving an ultra-pricey lump of Cole in their stockings (credit Scott Boras) or the Mets getting their hands on some Myrrh-isnick (credit no one).
To mark this first full work week of the new year, let’s conduct a Subway Series reset. An updated assessment of what the New York rivals have accomplished this offseason, causes for optimism and pessimism, what they might still do and a peek at their division rivals, too, with the ultimate goal of determining whether they’ve improved or regressed since the conclusion of their 2019 runs.