Advertisements The Spitter whiffed badly last year in our projections for the National League Eastern Division. So we went back through the numbers to see if there was a singular thing that Atlanta excelled at. The answer is yes…and no. The Braves finished fifth in the N.L. in runs-scored and eighth in all of baseball in batting average (.300) on
There’s a ship full of nice-looking young men just off the coast. Surely, they can be trusted to finish fourth, right? Right?
Read moreOne of these teams will win no more than 60 wins. Not excited? None of them will win 90. Mmmmm. Tasty.
Read moreAdvertisements The American League West could be the nuttiest in baseball. After the Oakland Athletics came out of nowhere to claim a playoff berth, albeit a short-lived berth, the question this year is can they do it again? Okay, I lied. There are multiple questions like, “Are the Mariners better off without Robinson Cano and or James Paxton? When will
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It’s gonna be a weird summer with the haves struggling to win and the have-nots struggling to be respectable.
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Advertisements LOS ANGELES: Sometimes you have the pay the man and pay Clayton Kershaw is just what the Dodgers did in the off-season. Why $93 million for three years? Because he’s a winner, that’s why. But he’s an increasingly injured winner and that presents problems… and opportunities. The Dodgers will lean on blister-prone lefty curveball specialist Rich hill, lefty Julio
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