Many on the experts believe that the Los Angeles Dodgers are primed for a deep run all the way to the World Series this season, but only time will tell whether or not all this high-priced talent can come together as a team to get the job done.
You know you are doing something right when you win two World Series titles in three seasons and the following year you are not even picked to win your division. That is just how Giants’ manager Brian Bochy likes things as his team always performs its best as an underdog.
The Anaheim Angels certainly didn’t rest in the offseason and stand pat – obviously a third place finish in the division last year was not acceptable! They, for the second year in a row were very active improving their team.
The main storyline ahead of the Yankees 2013 season is health! Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez are question marks to start the season and even if they do emerge from Spring Training, how will the offseason rehabbing affect their aging bodies.
So all you Blue Jays fans wanted management to make a splash eh? How’s adding Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Melky Cabrera, R.A. Dickey in the offseason.
One of the true feel good stories of the 2012 season doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of love ahead of the 2013 season – the longest shot in the AL East.
My how the mighty have fallen! Two years ago people were talking about a dynasty in Boston. Now fans are just hoping for a .500 season and a competitive club.
I know it may not seem like it in many parts of the US and Canada but spring is just around the corner and in the world of Baseball, catchers and pitchers are already reporting to camp. This year, the oddsmakers like a few of the usual suspects and they have welcomed in a few new teams into the realm of the MLB favorites.
2011 wasn’t a good season for the Chicago White Sox. The team was expected to compete for the AL Central, but they finished a very disappointing 79-83. There was plenty of drama surrounding the team throughout the year as well.
No one had a better offseason than the Detroit Tigers. While the Tigers won 94 games and beat the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series, expectations are much higher this season.
Cleveland burst out of the gates last year to grab a big lead in the AL Central. The Indians actually led the division by seven games after starting 30-15.
It seems like the Kansas City Royals always have tons of young talent, but they haven’t been able to mature into that contender just yet.
Year after year the NL MVP Award is hotly contested, and last season was no different as the award was eventually bestowed upon Ryan Braun. And deserving or not, Braun will be right back in the thick of things this season since his suspension was lifted.
Last year the unthinkable happened in the AL MVP race, and for just the 12th time in the 81 year history of the award it was granted to a pitcher.
Everything that could go wrong went wrong last year for the Minnesota Twins. No team was bit as hard as the Twins by the dreaded injury bug. The team that was a perennial favorite to be at the top of the AL Central standings could only muster up 63 wins.
Although the Los Angeles Dodgers had an “almost” NL MVP winner and a Cy Young winner in 2011, that’s pretty much all they had. Amid the continued ownership turmoil, the team made very few acquisitions during the offseason to better their 82-79 third place finish.
