Brown had a 1 percentile EV and Hard Hit % last year, 5 percentile barrel %, 22 percentile groundball %. That's very bad. Getting hit hard and in the air. Something to keep an eye on.
New rule proposal: for any pitcher who has TJS and was on the 40-man, their current team pays a 10m fine. If that pitcher was on a different team the previous season then that team (s) also pays a 10m fine.
Losing both games vs LA and splitting the series on the road in AZ is a pretty predictable start. Agree could be worse. Or better. It's just 6 games. I'd be happy with being .500 on May 1 with this tough schedule.