Season Previews 2020 Archives

Postseason baseball is going to return to Cincinnati in 2020

Cincinnati Reds, MLB, Season Previews 2020 / Teodor Tsenov / February 26, 2020

The Cincinnati Reds failed to reach the MLB postseason yet again but there were some very encouraging signs in their 2019 performance, which is hard to find in many other 75-87 teams. The Reds achieved an 11-win year-to-year improvement behind a solid first year for manager David Bell and behind a historic season to their starting rotation, which had the fifth-best ERA in the NL.

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Miami Marlins rotation to dictate direction of rebuild in 2020

Miami Marlins, MLB, Season Previews 2020 / Teodor Tsenov / February 24, 2020

Prospects Isan Diaz and Jordan Yamamoto provide a spark both on the mound and with the bat. The rebuild seems to be working.

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Red Sox are hoping for best, fearing for worst, as they head into 2020

Boston Red Sox, MLB, Season Previews 2020 / John Dunham / February 23, 2020

2019 was a bad year for the Boston Red Sox and it got progressively worse as it went on. A year after storming to a World Series title in one of the greatest seasons in franchise history, they dropped from 108 wins to a mediocre 84 and missed the playoffs altogether.

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Pirates’ front office face enormous 2020 season as rebuild begins

MLB, Pittsburgh Pirates, Season Previews 2020 / Sam Cox / February 22, 2020

The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t an exciting team to preview ahead of the 2020 season. They lost 93 games in 2019 and while PECOTA predicts them to pick up an extra W in 2020, the outlook is pretty bleak.

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Atlanta Braves are comfortably the best team in the NL East

Atlanta Braves, MLB, Season Previews 2020 / Craig Singleton / February 20, 2020

After successive division titles, the Atlanta Braves return for 2020 with most of their core still in place. Despite losing Josh Donaldson, they still have two of the National League’s finest hitters in Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuña.

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Pressure is higher than ever for the New York Yankees

MLB, New York Yankees, Season Previews 2020 / John Dunham / February 19, 2020

The Yankees have been knocking on the door for three years running and they now have reason to believe that they will succeed in 2020, in large part due to one addition to the roster.

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How Baltimore Orioles can find positives in 2020

Baltimore Orioles, MLB, Season Previews 2020 / Sam Cox / February 16, 2020

The Baltimore Orioles’ outlook remains bleak. The 2019 season was brutal, as they racked up 108 losses. That was, at least, an improvement on the 115 tallied in 2018.

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New York Mets could be the pleasant surprise of National League in 2020

MLB, New York Mets, Season Previews 2020 / Teodor Tsenov / February 15, 2020

The New York Mets started the 2019 season without tremendous expectations but with an absolutely loaded roster which ended up heavily underperforming.

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