For the first full season ever, no one will pitch 200 innings: The only time in baseball history nobody threw 200 innings was last year. Only twice has a league leader failed to reach the mark: Fernando Valenzuela with 192.1 in 1981 and Chuck Finley with 183.1 in 1994. Both, of course, were strike-shortened seasons. Teams' desires not to overtax arms with huge innings increases after last season will play out in a fascinating way -- and one of the consequences will be even workhorses like Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole doing less than usual.

Why he's here: The 2020 NL Rookie of the Year after allowing only one earned run in 27 innings, Williams possesses perhaps the most unhittable pitch in baseball: a darting, diving changeup. Batters went 2-for-62 (.032) off it with 41 strikeouts and his 53% strikeout rate was the best ever for a minimum of 20 innings pitched. -- SchoenfieldColorado Rockies face coverings



Busch, drafted in the first round in 2019, is a good hitter the Dodgers want to master second base. The 23-year-old entered Tuesday two for 10 with a home run in Cactus League games but homered twice in the B game Kershaw started Sunday. Busch is the Dodgers’ third-ranked prospect, according to Baseball America.San Diego Padres face coverings

Turner joined his wife, Kourtney, on the Whole30 diet, a 30-day program that prohibits — among other goodies — sugar, dairy, grains and alcohol.Boston Red Sox face coverings

Given the roster numbers in play with individual contract considerations, that was not a surprise for a player who skipped Triple-A when he got called up for emergency duty at the end of 2019 and who struggled at the plate most of last year’s short season.Houston Astros face coverings



When the owners offered money in exchange for expanded playoffs, the union preferred not to negotiate over the amount. When the owners made multiple proposals to delay the start of this season, with the thought that another month of vaccinations would make everyone safer and allow for larger crowds, the union preferred to start on time (and, as of last week, the positivity rate for MLB coronavirus tests this spring was 0.05%).

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“They're the ones back there all the time,” Hendricks said. “So, they're going to see how we're approaching each hitter. And if things start to get too similar, those guys are on top of it.”

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