American League West

A Healthy, Breakout Season for Shohei Ohtani Would Significantly Propel the Angels

May 26, 2020

Los Angeles Angels, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

As currently constructed, the Los Angeles Angels aren't going to the playoffs in 2020. The player that could change that notion? Shohei Ohtani. In his two years in the show Ohtani has been a sight to behold,...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Seattle Mariners

Tom Dorsa

Apr 15, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Seattle Mariners

The Seattle Mariners are known around the baseball world primarily for two things: mediocrity and a crazy frequency in trades. For the first denoted team identity, a long-running history of plain incompetence a...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Texas Rangers

Tom Dorsa

Mar 30, 2020

Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Texas Rangers

The 2010s was the most successful decade in the history of the Texas Rangers franchise. A club record 96 wins in 2011 was one of five 90-win campaigns in the decade, which featured two American League pennants,...

The Best and Worst Trade of the Decade for the Houston Astros

Tom Dorsa

Mar 23, 2020

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

It's hard to call the decade of the 2010s a failure for the Houston Astros. From their disastrous stretch of 324 losses from 2011-2013, the Astros reinvented themselves with elite prospect development, great sc...

The Oakland A’s Have a Bright Future on the Mound With Young, Electric Rotation

Quinn Allen

Feb 29, 2020

Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics, Opinions & Predictions

The Oakland Athletics will have a different feel on the mound in 2020 with a young and talented starting rotation. Although the majority of their pitchers are inexperienced at the big-league level, it's going t...

Baseball is Back! Exhibition Takeaways

Joe Orsatti

Feb 23, 2020

Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions, Spring Training, Texas Rangers

Baseball has officially returned, as the Texas Rangers kicked off spring training with a 5-4 win against the Kansas City Royals. The game wasn't a complete loss for the Royals, however, as they saw Ryan O'He...

MLB Players Look Like Hypocrites For Attacking Mike Fiers and Commissioner Rob Manfred

Jason Kelly

Feb 23, 2020

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The Houston Astros' cheating scandal has drawn outright anger from baseball fans and players alike. Both active and retired players have been extremely vocal about their frustrations with the Astros, as well as...

The Houston Astros’ 2017 World Series Championship Should be Revoked

Robbie Stratakos

Feb 21, 2020

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

If those who orchestrated a scandalous system aren't going to be punished, then their greatest big-league accomplishment should be permanently condemned: Major League Baseball should revoke the Houston Astros' ...

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred Must Let the Game Police Itself in 2020

Jason Kelly

Feb 21, 2020

Houston Astros, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The 2019-2020 Major League Baseball offseason has not just been one to forget but one to bury under the floorboards and pray that baseball fans forget about forever. Obviously, the cheating scandal surrounding ...

The Texas Rangers’ Productive Offseason Will Fall Victim to a Stacked American League

Robbie Stratakos

Feb 14, 2020

Major League Baseball, Offseason, Opinions & Predictions, Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers had a great offseason, but it has attracted little attention. Why? So many teams made big moves, too. Bigger than that, the American League is stacked. Rangers president Jon Daniels improve...