Apparently all it took for baseball news to heat up was the Super Bowl ending. Go figure. With spring training around the corner, expect more info to pour out in the coming days. Here are a few stories—some directly involving the Yankees, some more broadly related to baseball—worth keeping an eye on this afternoon:
The Mookie Betts trade saga appears to have reached a critical point, with many expecting a resolution in the near future. Ken Rosenthal said in an MLB Network interview earlier this morning that a deal could happen today or tomorrow, with the Dodgers perceived as the front-runners.