Starting pitchers are facing a frightful task. The results might determine the NL East. Thomas Boswell, The Washington Post March 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer warms at the team's facility at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm. Beach, Fla., on Feb. 23, 2021.Washington Post photo by Toni L. Sandys. This spring, almost everybody who analyzes baseball has identified but is also mystified by one central question: How will starting pitchers cope with full 162-game workloads the year after a dinky 60-game season? No division illustrates every problem better than the talented, tightly matched National League East. Each team illustrates a different aspect of the same matter.