The long, cold winter may still be going strong in some parts of the country, but one wouldn’t know it in sunny Arizona and Florida, as pitchers and catchers have officially begun reporting to spring training.
We’re still a few weeks from Grapefruit and Cactus League games getting underway, but in the meantime we’ve decided to take a crack at predicting some various odds and ends surrounding the 2016 spring training action.
These five writers made up our panel of prognosticators:
- Seth Gruen, National MLB Columnist
- Danny Knobler, MLB Lead Writer
- Joel Reuter, National MLB Columnist
- Zachary Rymer, MLB Lead Writer
- Jacob Shafer, National MLB Columnist
We’ll tackle a list of 10 questions, ranging from first impressions to position battles to breakout performers to which teams may be lining up to surprise or disappoint.
The offseason is almost over, but for now enjoy these questions as a spring training overview of sorts.