Baseball is back, or at least some bizarro world version of it that’s as if someone who didn’t want to commit to a full season of MLB The Show set the schedule. But 60 games, even with its flaws — ahem, runner on second to start extra innings — is better than the bickering between the owners and players union that dominated the past few weeks.
Now that we have a July 1 start date for MLB Summer Camp (aka Spring Training, Take 2), with the season itself to follow July 24 or 25, the Starting Nine dives into nine storylines, thoughts and questions for what lies ahead.