2023 Season Preview

Members of the 2023 San Diego Padres take the field in spring training.
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2023 San Diego Padres Season Preview — Primed to Strike Again

2023 San Diego Padres Season Preview It is quite a time to be a San Diego Padres fan in 2023. Ownership, seeing their window of opportunity, spent big once again in the offseason, signing prime free agent Xander Bogaerts to an 11-year, $280 million contract. In spring training, they locked up Manny Machado for the […]

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Shohei Ohtani hi-fives teammate Mike Trout. Both are members of the 2023 Los Angeles Angels.
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2023 Los Angeles Angels Season Preview — Operation: End the Drought

2023 Los Angeles Angels Season Preview One frustrating season after another has piled up for the Los Angeles Angels and their fanbase, giving 2023 a “now or never” feel. The Angels have made the postseason once since losing the 2009 ALCS to the New York Yankees. That came in 2014, when the eventual AL pennant-winning […]

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Nick Allen, shortstop of the 2023 Oakland Athletics, fields a ground ball during spring training
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2023 Oakland Athletics Season Preview — Another Year of Rebuilding

2023 Oakland Athletics Season Preview The Oakland Athletics finished in last place in 2022 and had the worst record in the American League. Entering this season, the expectation is more of the same — most likely another last place finish. Offense This team was in the bottom five of many offensive categories last season. However, […]

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Members of the 2023 Cincinnati Reds pitching staff watching a spring training drill.
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2023 Cincinnati Reds Season Preview — Building Back Up

Baseball season is finally upon us! The Cincinnati Reds have finished their spring season with a 15–14–1 record. They still have a lot of work left to do if they want to break onto the scene, though. This year’s team is predicted to win a measly 65 games, marking them close to 100 losses for […]

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