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Detroit Tigers mailbag: No sign-stealing, take your (No. 1) pick, Jake Rogers' defense

With the baseball world still fuming from a scandal thanks to the Houston Astros and their cheating ways, the return of baseball and optimism that comes with spring training have been secondary.

The game has taken a back seat, as players snipe at one another, speaking out on the embarrassment the Astros have wreaked on the sport.

It's hard to trust anything in baseball right now, and it was trending that way even before the lid was blown off on what likely will go down as the biggest scandal in baseball history: Let's not forget about the juiced baseballs they've been playing with, inflating offensive numbers, spiking home runs and putting the integrity of the sport in question.