2013 Essays

Five Questions for the 2013 Baseball Season

Mitchell, Lincoln A.

Baseball is, among other things, a game of questions. Before each season the battery of questions include which players will see their skills erode suddenly due to age, which second-year players will build on successful rookie years, which rookies will make an impact and, of course, which team will win the World Series. Each team also faces many questions including: will the pitching hold up, will the top prospect make it in the big leagues, will an aging veteran come back after an injury or off year. As each new year begins there are also significant questions facing baseball that address deeper issues facing the game. This year five of these question are: