Yankees: 2019 Spring Training preview and what to keep an eye on

As Spring Training creeps closer, the anticipation for the next MLB season to arrive grows. This week, pitchers and catchers reported for Yankees camp, only adding to an avid fans eagerness.

With Opening Day approaching, there’s plenty to look forward to. The Yankees are a top team in the American League with at least eight guys who could hit 20+ home runs. But don’t get too conceited, the Yanks, like any well-oiled machine, aren’t perfect.

After finishing with 100 wins last season, the Bombers lost to their archrival Boston Red Sox, bringing an end to their season.

With 2019 being a decade from the Yankees’ last World Series win, the Yanks and their fans alike are hungry for another shot at glory. But the Bombers are also facing a new obstacle; money.

The Yankees were never a team with much intent nor interest to spend less. Backed by the late George M. Steinbrenner and an extensive fan base, the Yanks lined pockets and instigated fear throughout baseball.

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Now conscience of funds, the Yanks are still a team to be feared, but not so much for their spending.

This young Yankee team has yet to cumulatively reach enough MLB experience leaving the core to be paid rather enticingly by the Yankees in the years to come.

In fact, Didi Gregorius and Giancarlo Stanton are the only starting position making over $10 million a year. Just two of their five starters are making more than $9 million per season.

In reality, the Yankees are a rather low salaried team, just with some old burdens to deal with — in which lie some of the Yanks’ question areas.

Aside from a fight for the starting job at first between the free-swinging Greg Bird and the determined Luke Voit, here’s what to keep an eye out for this coming spring.