Tom Verducci (Sports Illustrated) says the Red Sox are the team most likely to get off to a slow start in 2020's abbreviated season.
With each of the 30 teams playing against only the other four teams in its own division and the teams in the other league's corresponding division, the strength of schedules are wildly different.
Verducci looks at two NL Wild Card contenders as an example. The Phillies play 38 games (including 20 road games) against teams that had winning records in 2019, while the Diamondbacks will play 20 and 8 such games, respectively.