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         We had all figured out that the Rays are able to fix players by some sort of sorcery called analytics before, but 2020 confirmed it to the rest of the world. The Rays seemed to hit on every single player, then ran away with the AL East division, before going allContinue reading “Tampa Bay Rays 2021 Season Preview”

         When they acquired Paul Goldschmidt in December of 2018, the Cardinals showed that they were not afraid to make a blockbuster deal. St. Louis practiced that again this offseason, as they brought in another star corner infielder from a middling NL West team, in Nolan Arenado. With Arenado in to boostContinue reading “St. Louis Cardinals 2021 Season Preview”

From Getty Images          For the Mariners\’ standards, this was a quiet offseason. GM Jerry DiPoto is known to get trade-happy, but he stayed pretty quiet. This rebuilding team was able to stay out of the headlines and work on developing their team for the future, until Kevin Mather stepped in. TheContinue reading “Seattle Mariners 2021 Season Preview”

         Looking back on the Giants\’ season, it wasn\’t too bad. Yes, they finished under .500. But, they had many surprising breakout players, and nearly made the playoffs, something was not even in reach entering the season. They didn\’t win the offseason like the rival Padres, but the Giants made a lotContinue reading “San Francisco Giants 2021 Season Preview”

         So, the Padres offseason was kind of fun. After an energetic trade deadline, where they seemed to get everyone that they could possibly get, GM AJ Preller decided that the deadline push was not enough after Mike Clevinger had Tommy John surgery. So, Preller went out, backed by a top-2 farmContinue reading “San Diego Padres 2021 Season Preview”