Welcome to March. Soon, the Madness will be underway and the slog through spring training to get to the regular season won’t be so awful. But until then, we’re left to talk about Joe Maddon’s rotation order (as if it really matters), Kyle Schwarber’s weight loss, and whether or not Ian Happ is going to bat at the top of the order. Let’s do this.
• Maddon announced recently that Kyle Hendricks would follow Jon Lester’s Opening Day start, after which Yu Darvish, Jose Quintana, and Jake Arrieta Tyler Chatwood would round things out. If we wanted to quibble, and you know I always do, I’d say it’s better to switch Quintana and Darvish to keep the left-right-left-right thing going.