An expected change takes place in CLE, a hot start in MIN, everyday coverage in CHW and KC, while DET mixes and matches.

A look at the emerging usage patterns for pitching rotations and catching assignments.

A look at the sustainability of certain offensive explosions in the division during the first week of the 2021 season.

Reading the tea leaves of final spring training results, and applying them to some unsettled positional assignments.

A look at the calculus across the division for those who steal bases and those who try to stop them.

A tour through the front ends of the AL Central pitching rotations.

We highlight the plethora of interesting bats across the division at 2B, 3B and SS.

Searching for (and finding) some value in a tour of the division’s back-end starters and long relief options.

A look at the mobility-challenged power bats covering 1B and DH across the AL Central division.

We find three of the top six AL catchers here, along with a few speculative plays, but beware of lurking batting average drains elsewhere in the population.

Division front offices all seem to agree: “You can never have enough arms!”