It may feel a little like NFL’s ‘Hard Knocks’ in Tampa for the Yankees in 2017 Spring Training. That unique feeling can be attributed to something many other baseball franchises go through, but one Yankee fans, players, and coaches are not so familiar with.
Traditionally going into past seasons, the Yankees front office has been nearly 100 percent sure what pieces will go where and how they will align personnel wise before even boarding a plane to sunny Florida. My how things have changed in the Bronx under the new regime.
Shedding salary, trading for prospects rather than away to acquire veterans, using words like rebuilding — all would have been unheard of in past eras.