The final whistle at the Super Bowl is also the beginning of the final countdown toward Spring Training. In fact, now that football season is over, there are just 11 days until camps open across Florida and Arizona. With that in mind, here are 11 storylines to follow during Spring Training:

The roar of dust and diesel kicks up as football is left in the national sports rearview mirror. Pitchers and catchers are straight ahead, with nothing blocking the roads to get there. That’s what’s on tap for the week ahead in Major League Baseball.

You know, in addition to all the other reasons you have to be jealous of them.

Baseball people spend a lot of time thinking about successful organizations. Specifically, is there a common thread running through them? Can success be traced back to spending, drafting, managing or some combination of everything?

We’re roughly two months away from Opening Day, when hope will spring anew at a ballpark near you. Let’s break down the 10 best players for fantasy drafts, with a new face in the top spot for the first time in three years.

He’s not messing around.

The success of 2015 apparently has earned Blue Jays manager John Gibbons some goodwill in Toronto, as he was treated to a standing ovation at Thursday night’s annual season-ticket holder event, The Leadoff.

To get you ready for Cam-Peyton.

Get out your red pencils.

The best offseason additions aren’t always the most expensive ones. David Price and Zack Greinke will undoubtedly give their new teams a boost. But some other acquisitions that could end up being just as important in the context of playoff races.

On Saturday, Venezuela cruised past Puerto Rico’s Cangrejeros de Santurce, 13-3, to advance to the tournament final Sunday against Mexico’s Venados de Mazatlan, who defeated Cuba’s Ciego de Avila, 7-2, in Saturday night’s second semifinal game.

Former Major League pitcher Freddy Garcia will end his career the same way he started it: On the mound representing Venezuela with the baseball hopes of an entire nation riding on his right arm.

With a tip of the cap to Super Bowl 50, here are 50 reasons to be excited about the 2016 baseball season. Some are on the calendar, some are almost givens, and others hopefully offer a reasonable balance between heart and head. But if any day is about high expectations and hype, it’s this one. So on with the show.

This year’s Caribbean Series has found a home in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Babe Ruth was a pretty good singer.

Tyler Sanders finished his Friday walking through the eerily empty clubhouse and storage areas of Coors Field, knowing that baseball and all its gear would greet him by the time he landed in Scottsdale, Ariz., Saturday afternoon.

The Blue Jays added another voice to their expanding front office by officially hiring former Major League manager Eric Wedge as a player development adviser on Saturday afternoon.