Maybe you didn't immediately think of what effect the coronavirus-forced shutdown of baseball would have on the Hall of Fame chances for your favorite players, including San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey. I didn't.
But I don't spend as much time thinking about Cooperstown odds as Jay Jaffe of FanGraphs. Jaffe is best known for creating JAWs, a formula that helps assess the Hall of Fame chances of players based on their career peak and longevity, compared to players who are already enshrined.
Starting last week, he began a three-part series that looked at how shortened or missing seasons have played a role in voters' decisions in the past.