We are now less than two weeks away from the owners potentially locking out the players in a work stoppage that could either be completely forgotten if it doesn’t even delay the start of spring training or will be remembered as a conflict that started during the delay in the 2020 season due to Covid. So we’ll see how that goes, but my initial thought that things were going to be quiet leading up to the potential lockout has been proven very wrong. Noah Syndergaard and Justin Verlander combined for eight innings in 2020/2021 and they’ll combine to make $46 million in 2022.
Lesky’s Notes: A balanced AL Central is a winnable AL Central
