Final yr was so easy. Probably the most well-known participant on the earth signed with a megateam on the most important contract ever with a weird twist that almost all of it was deferred.
So there was not an excessive amount of issue in our annual train in choosing Shohei Ohtani at No. 1 in our 50 Most Attention-grabbing Folks in Baseball. However what will we do now when there may be intrigue round Ohtani as he makes an attempt to return to each pitch and hit this season?
And with Mookie Betts turning into a full-time shortstop? And the extremely publicized leap of Roki Sasaki to MLB? And whether or not Clayton Kershaw is coming again but once more? And Andrew Friedman overseeing the newest Evil Empire? And Dave Roberts, with out an extension but, requested to steer a brigade of 120 wins and a championship or bust? And Korean star Hyeseong Kim becoming a member of the band, as did Tanner Scott, Blake Snell and Kirby Yates? And …
Properly, you get it. It feels just like the All-Star Recreation will be everybody vs. the Dodgers. It appears like that’s what this season is — everybody in opposition to the Dodgers. They weren’t prepared to simply stand on a championship. As an alternative, they layered extra expertise on what was the game’s most gifted roster. They’ve constructed a payroll that with luxurious tax penalties included will verge towards a half a billion {dollars} — or extra.