AL CENTRAL: Starting up the spring training rotation-go-round

Minnesota Twins

The latest news in the division is Kenta Maeda (RHP, MIN; pictured) finally arriving in the Twin Cities from the Dodgers after the original three-team deal involving the Red Sox was scuttled. Maeda reportedly prefers to be used exclusively as a starter, after making 32 relief appearances with the Dodgers over the 2018-19 season. The 2020 Baseball Forecaster recommends that fantasy owners “set expectations for 140 good IP” from Maeda, so at his 5.3 IP/GS over those same two seasons, he might only make about 26 starts if he gets that wish. 

That usage could be front-end-loaded in 2020, with Michael Pineda (RHP, MIN) serving the remainder of a 60-game PED suspension for the first five weeks of the 2020 season, and...

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