As we did last season, this spring The Athletic had our beat writers ask as many players as they could — about a third of the league overall, including players from all 30 teams — about a wide range of topics. We covered the best players in the game, managers they would and would not want to play for, their feelings on the current labor situation, and more, from the silly to the serious.



Before we get to the answers, note that these results are not entirely scientific. We divided the questions below into two sets, in order to cover as much ground as possible; some players answered every question, others answered only one set. And, even when granted anonymity, some players declined to discuss a few of the more controversial topics, so the players who did answer had a bigger say in the results. We have a much broader selection of players than we did last season, since The Athletic is now covering all 30 teams, but we still were able to get to more players from some...