With so many unknowns — chief among them the impact of COVID-19 — heading into the shortened 2020 season, it's nearly impossible to figure out what's going to happen, which teams are going to perform well and who's going to be competing for a World Series when (if) the playoffs roll around in October.
One thing's likely true, as it is every year: The teams that get a chance to play for the World Series title will get there thanks to their pitching. But with a brief, three-week round of spring training beginning later this week after a three-month layoff, that ahead of a 60-game sprint to the playoffs, pitchers are going to have a hard time getting into the swing of things.