Whether it’s a key injury, an underperforming player or an exposed weakness, all 30 MLB teams have at least one crucial storyline surrounding the club here in the early going.
It’s important not to put too much stock in less than two weeks’ worth of games, but after an offseason of anticipation and a spring of meaningless results, it’s easy to do just that.
Whether it’s Chris Archer stumbling out of the gates for the Tampa Bay Rays, the Minnesota Twins offense looking completely inept or the Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen pitching batting practice, there are concerns up and down the league.
So let’s take a quick inventory of each MLB team’s most crucial early-season storyline here in 2016.