Pity the ballclub that relies too heavily on spring training to evaluate its roster.
No, most teams have a strong idea what their regular season club will look like when pitchers and catchers report to Florida and Arizona; getting loose and avoiding disaster doesn’t make for a great marketing pitch, but it’s at least a realistic one.
Still, there are a few nagging issues that could gain greater clarity under spring’s high skies, and many of those involve a few of Major League Baseball’s most prosperous clubs. A look at six questions that the next six weeks of spring training should answer:
