Golfers Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones never wore gloves. Willie Mays didn’t wear batting gloves during games, and neither did Roberto Clemente. When you have great hands, then gloves just get in the way. That’s what Swann and Hogan and Clemente all believed. They were purists. They were old school. They were … maybe a little superstitious, too.

While some players look like obvious starts, others carry enough risk to make them better left on the bench as you set your opening-week lineup.