Nothing about this attempt at a Major League Baseball season is going to be normal. That’s perfectly fitting, as normal doesn’t exist anymore. Yet, players have shown up for a second go-around at training camps, a schedule is being finalized, the league is running a lot of testing, and teams are trying to work out their safety protocols to keep players healthy and on the field.
The question is how to try and cover baseball the way we normally would. Assuming we were at an equivalent place in March, with no pandemic, and the season starting in three weeks, we would obviously be speculating on the roster, who might break out, who is on their last legs with the organization, how to set up the rotation and the bullpen, and debating when the Tigers top prospects might make their debut.