As we creep our way to the start of Spring Training for the 2011 MLB season, we begin to see teams take the forms of the finished products we will see on opening day.
There is of course still time for moves to be made as a handful of impact free agents remain. However for the most part these are the teams we will be seeing on Opening Day 2011.
This means that we can begin to imagine what some of the more important matchups throughout this upcoming season will look at. For now, we will compare the Yankees’ lineup, defense, pitching and intangibles against the top competition in the American League.