Positive March vibes just first step for Yankees rotation: Sherman

The Yankees began their last spring training turn around the rotation Friday in — at minimum — a much better head space than when they began this process five weeks ago.

The non-Gerrit Cole portion of the rotation, which had evoked concern, has stayed healthy and pitched well, providing the winningest parlay of this Yankee spring training. It has gone so well that Deivi Garcia, who was optioned to Triple-A on Friday, likely will begin the year at the alternate site, readying for a minor league season or for when the big team requires replenishment. That the body of work and the bodies for the rotation are both sound, of course, beats the alternative. But there are two baseball sayings that resonate right now that should temper, at minimum, runaway enthusiasm: