As the Yankees descend upon Tampa, spirits are high. Pitchers and catchers officially report today, though plenty arrived early. On Tuesday, Gerrit Cole was shagging fly balls. Aaron Judge was trying out a first baseman’s mitt. The sun and smiles are out because no one enters spring training in a slump, and most players are as healthy as they are going to be.

But there is some added early pressure for a few who know this could be their final spring training — at least with the Yankees.

Front-office and coaching eyes will be glued to those who no longer can be sent to the minors. If, say, Ron Marinaccio has a rough spring, the Yankees can open the season with the righty reliever pitching for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and call him up when a need arises or when Marinaccio excels.

But they cannot do the same with a trio of players who need to make the Opening Day roster or likely face being designated for assignment, which would make them available to other clubs. Options are called “options” for a reason, and after enough service time in the major leagues, those options run out.