We could go on for several more paragraphs, but you get the idea. Somehow, he still has yet to win a Cy Young Award. Sale hasn’t missed a beat since moving to the rough-and-tumble AL East, with a 2.56 ERA and over 13 strikeouts per nine innings in 372 1⁄ 3 total innings with the Sox. There’s Chris Sale, who was the American League’s best starter when healthy in 2018. 446 weighted on-base average (wOBA) at the hitter-friendly Fenway Park. He eclipsed the 40-homer mark for the second consecutive year, with an absurd.
He put up his second five-win season since 2015, giving him roughly 21 WAR since the 2014 season (almost all from his bat). Martinez, the former Tiger who won two Silver Sluggers for the hell of it. Health aside, the only question remaining about Betts is whether he will merely be an All-Star level player, or the transcendent talent he was last season. There’s Mookie Betts, the reigning American League MVP who put up a 185 wRC+ last year, walked nearly as often as he struck out, and, along with Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez, became baseball’s first 30-homer, 30-steal player in a half-decade.
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So, as we continue on by asking what the Boston Red Sox will be doing with their bullpen, or if their infield will improve in 2019, or how much of a step back they are going to take from last year’s incredible pace, let’s first make sure we talk about the things that are going very, very right for the defending World Series champions.
But fans who may have taken the winter off might not know the new faces, or the question marks surrounding a given Tigers opponent as we head into the season. I don’t need to write 1,500 words to tell you that Francisco Lindor is really good. While this may seem like oversight, it’s really because we know these top players are going to produce for their respective teams. Marco Gonzales (1-0, 4.50 ERA in 2019 13-9, 4.When writing these previews, I sometimes tend to gloss over a team’s top players - Aaron Judge’s name isn’t even mentioned in our Yankees preview, for instance. Brad Keller (9-6, 3.08 ERA)īoston Red Sox at Seattle Mariners – Chris Sale (12-4, 2.11 ERA) vs. Luis Castillo (10-12, 4.30 ERA)Ĭhicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals – Carlos Rodon (6-8, 4.18 ERA) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds – Jameson Taillon (14-10, 3.20 ERA) vs. Jose Berrios (12-11, 3.84 ERA)Ĭolorado Rockies at Miami Marlins – Kyle Freeland (17-7, 2.85 ERA) vs. Eric Lauer (6-7, 4.34 ERA)Ĭleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins – Corey Kluber (20-7, 2.89 ERA) vs. San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres – Madison Bumgarner (6-7, 3.26 ERA) vs. Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics – Trevor Cahill (7-4, 3.76 ERA) vs. Blake Snell (21-5, 1.89 ERA)Ĭhicago Cubs at Texas Rangers – Jon Lester (18-6, 3.32 ERA) vs. Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Rays – Justin Verlander (16-9, 2.52 ERA) vs. Marcus Stroman (4-9, 5.54 ERA)Īrizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers – Zack Greinke (15-11, 3.21 ERA) vs. Aaron Nola (17-6, 2.37 ERA)ĭetroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays – Jordan Zimmermann (7-8, 4.52 ERA) vs. Jhoulys Chacin (15-8, 3.50 ERA)Ītlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies – Julio Teheran (9-9, 3.94 ERA) vs. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers – Miles Mikolas (18-4, 2.83 ERA) vs. New York Mets at Washington Nationals – Jacob deGrom (10-9, 1.70 ERA) vs. PIVOTAL PLAYERS: These six could make or break their teams' seasonsīaltimore Orioles at New York Yankees – Andrew Cashner (4-15, 5.29 ERA) vs. POWER RANKINGS: Can Yankees overtake Red Sox? The biggest story line of the day might be Bryce Harper making his Phillies debut, against the Braves at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. In Tampa, Blake Snell and Justin Verlander square off in another Cy Young battle. In Washington, Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer take the hill for the Mets and Nationals, just the second time (1974) that consecutive Cy Young winners have pitched against each other on Opening Day. While the Mariners and Athletics already played two official games in Tokyo last week, Thursday marks the earliest Opening Day – excluding international openers – ever. The 2019 Major League Baseball season gets underway proper Thursday, with all 30 teams in action, starting with the Yankees hosting the Orioles at 1 p.m. Watch Video: MLB bold predictions: Who's winning it all?
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