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The middle of the Yankees’ lineup already contains two sluggers who resemble middle linebackers in Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. Now, New York will have an actual Super Bowl champion quarterback in its organization.

“Underrated” is one of those words we toss out in our sports dialogue with no real idea what it means. Our interpretation of what or who is or is not underrated is all relative to the specifics of our circumstances — what we read, what we watch, what we experience.

For 29 long-awaited regular-season games, and 13 more in the postseason, Greg Bird looked like the hitter the Yankees had envisioned from the beginning — a powerful left-handed first baseman tailor-made to slug in the Bronx.

There’s a long list of teams with unfinished business this offseason. Here are some of the moves they could make.

The Twins were dealt a major blow to their rotation, as projected Opening Day starter Ervin Santana underwent surgery on his right middle finger on Tuesday and is expected to be out 10-12 weeks.

Coming off a breakout season that saw him finish third in the American League Cy Young Award race, Luis Severino has set his sights upon turning in the same numbers “or even better” for the Yankees in 2018.

Which under-the-radar hurlers could put a Cy Young run together? For this exercise, let’s think a little further outside the box.

Baseball, like life, evolves and revolves, trends dissolve and reappear, pitchers dominate then hitters dominate then back again, but you can be pretty sure of two things. 1. No pitcher will ever strike out as many batters as Nolan Ryan. 2: No pitcher will ever walk as many batters as Nolan Ryan.

The Mets lost 92 games in 2017, and if there’s any possible way to take a silver lining out of that, it’s this: It wasn’t for lack of talent. Unlike other disappointing teams that just couldn’t compete or were actively in the middle of rebuilds, the Mets had their share of skilled players, many of whom led the team to the World Series in 2015 and the Wild Card in ’16.

The Rangers added an arm to their bullpen on Tuesday, agreeing to a deal with free-agent reliever Seung Hwan Oh, according to a report from MLB Network insider Ken Rosenthal.