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Old School Meets New School
The last two teams to open the 2016 season tee it up Tuesday in Miami. The Tigers are hopeful some big-name free-agent signings can get them back to the top of the AL Central standings after their four-year run atop the division ended with a last-place finish in 2015....
The teams enjoyed a day off following the season opener and all eyes will be on Mets starter Noah Syndergaard. The righty tossed a fastball at the head of Royals leadoff hitter Alcides Escobar in Game 3 of the World Series, adding a little more excitement to the season-opening series....
There is little as far as expectations this season for the Padres. One year after making a splash to become relevant in the NL West with several blockbuster deals, the team went the other direction and mediocrity looks to be the norm....
Just six months ago the Astros celebrated their first playoff win since 2005 on the Yankee Stadium diamond, blanking the pinstripes 3-0 in the AL Wild Card game. In a rematch of starting pitchers from that game, the Yanks look for their revenge....
There isn't a more fitting first Sunday Night Baseball game of the season than a rematch of the 2015 World Series. In fact, the same two pitchers who started the decisive Game 5 at Citi Field will be on the bump on Sunday for Game 1 of the season as the New York Mets take on the Kansas City Royals....
The Seattle Mariners have been trendy choices over the course of the last several seasons to make some noise in the AL West. They've got a shot to make a statement on Opening Day to the Texas Rangers, the defending division champs....
Opening Day has become a bit of a spectacle. Sunday Night Baseball used to be the opening game, but now, there are three games on the first Sunday of the season. All of the action on the diamond kicks off at PNC Park where the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals will meet in a matchup of the teams who had the best records in baseball a year ago....
The Toronto Blue Jays really picked up some steam last year, and they went for it at the deadline by acquiring David Price and Troy Tulowitzki. Price walked and went to Boston, and that really leaves them with a gaping hole once again in their pitching staff. Marcus Stroman has good stuff, but is he really an Opening Day starter? We'll find out on Sunday when he and his Jays take on the Tampa Bay Rays at the Trop....
Is this the year the Chicago Cubs finally get over the hump after over a century of misery without a championship? The oddsmakers think so and have lined them as the favorites to win it all. Their quest for the elusive World Series ring will start in Anaheim on Monday night against the Los Angeles Angels....
It’s going to be a bittersweet day in the Bronx Monday afternoon when the Yankees stare across the diamond and see the Astros in the opposing dugout since it was Houston that ended their season in the AL play-in game last season. They’ll be looking to change the overall result this time around even though the exact pitching match-up will take to the field....
The Red Sox signed David Price to strengthen the team’s biggest weakness from the past two last place finishes in the AL East. His addition immediately made Boston a favorite in the junior circuit. He puts his nearly quarter of a billion dollar contract to use Monday against the Tribe.You can bet on MLB odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
The Rangers won the American League West by two games last season. The margin could have been greater had they solved Seattle ace Felix Hernandez, who won all five of his starts against Texas.You can bet on MLB odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season....
The much anticipated season for the Chicago Cubs gets underway with a visit to Anaheim. The progress they made in their first season under Joe Maddon was astonishing and it would be hard to expect another 24-game improvement. But the Cubbies are everyone’s favorite to end their 107-year World Series drought....
A rematch of the 2015 World Series highlights Opening Day when the Mets visit Kansas City. New York will have to endure the pain of watching the championship banner raised at Kauffman Stadium, but could be motivated by the sight as the Mets are a favorite to return to the Fall Classic in 2016....
The Los Angeles Dodgers open up 2016 as the favorites to win the NL West, but that doesn't mean all is well in Tinseltown. The boys in blue have a brand new manager in Dave Roberts and a ton of changes to their pitching staff to overcome this year. Fortunately though, on Opening Day, Clayton Kershaw will be getting the ball once again versus the San Diego Padres, marking the sixth consecutive year the lefty has started the first game of the year....
The Cardinals are the only team that has kept Pittsburgh from winning the NL Central the past three seasons. The two are again primed for a run at the top of the loaded division and kick off their bitter rivalry on Opening Day....
The AL East is going to end up being wide open this season. It might only be the beginning of April, but all of these games in division are going to be tough. The Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays will look to get off to a good start at the Trop on Sunday afternoon....
The Arizona Diamondbacks went all-in for the 2016 season. They've signed two new top-of-the-rotation pitchers to add to a team which was already full of young players with a ton of potential, and many think they're the dark horse candidates in the NL West....
In a division where Houston is up and coming, Los Angeles has always been free-spending, Seattle continues to pick up name players, and Texas is the defending champ, the Oakland Athletics seem to be the forgotten team. They've got some years every now and again where they overachieve, but it sure doesn't look like 2016 is going to be one of them....
The Cincinnati Reds had themselves a tough season in 2015. Bryan Price enters the season on an incredibly hot seat after winning just 140 games in his first two years on the job at the Great American Ballpark, but it's tough to see him ultimately doing enough to contend for a postseason spot in the most difficult division in baseball on paper heading into 2016....
Last year’s popular pick to make it to the World Series out of the American League, the Mariners struggled, eventually falling to a 76-86 record, well out of playoff consideration. This year, they’re often forgotten, but could surprise....
It is an even-numbered year, and if you are a numerologist, you might want to put some coin on the San Francisco Giants. After all, they did win the past three world titles on those even-numbered seasons. It’s not like the Giants are a throw away pick, either. They’ve assembled a solid group and are among the favorites at +958 to claim their fourth World Series title in seven years....
Don’t feel sorry for the Cardinals. They will again be a threat in the National League. By now, all of us should know better than to bet against St. Louis. They are the closest thing baseball has to a model of consistency. That's what they do. They stay competitive, stay in the conversation. Year in and year out, they are improving their team, either through a farm system that's constantly churning out major-league players or another savvy move from their front office....
It’s 2016, and every Giants fan knows exactly what to expect. Another title is on its way to San Francisco. It’s not an overstatement. That’s just what’s going to happen. The last five years have delivered three world championships to the Bay area with impeccable consistency. But in order for the Giants to continue their dynastic run of postseason success, they have to make the playoffs first, and to do that, they’ll likely need more than the 84 wins they accrued in 2015....
Money buys lots of luxuries in baseball. It buys things that can add up to three consecutive NL West crowns. But the last three years have also shown that money doesn’t buy you a championship, or even a National League title for that matter. Like many rich organizations, the Dodgers are bent on bringing a championship to Chavez Ravine for the first time since 1988. But with the NL West as competitive as ever, the fourth consecutive division crown will likely prove to be the toughest to obtain....
