The Sean Pendergast Show, John Perotto, Baseball Digest

With a short season there is much more of a chance of randomness in terms of getting into the playoffs. There will be teams that have no shot at getting in the playoffs had it been 162 games, but with a 60 game regular season, depth doesn’t matter nearly as much nor will the strength of a farm system matter as much. This 60 game schedule will be a lot of fun. The Blue Jays feel like they are going to take a step up. We are also going to see the last of pitchers hitting.