STARTERS: Spring training questions—AL
Feb 11 2013
Starting rotations are full of question marks heading into spring training.
Instead of speculating on which starting pitchers will get healthy in camp or which ones will win a starting job in March, a more effective approach is to focus on skills. We can look at those both within and outside of a team's starting rotation in order to forecast how the rotation might evolve during the spring and season.
Many owners make the mistake of focusing on who ends spring training with a starting job instead of looking at the bigger picture of a team's possible starting pitchers. Those who invested in Marco Estrada (RHP, MIL) or Kris Medlen (RHP, ATL) reaped the benefits of the big picture in 2012.
Let's take a look at each projected...
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