Opening Day is nearly a week away so it's time for my prognostications for the 2023 season. My predictions were so bad last year I am not even going to recap them, which I usually do, but if you're curious you can view them here . My only redemption is I got the AL West standings completely right. Oof. One of these years I am going to have the perfect predictions. Or not. But maybe this year can be the year. So without further ado, here are my 2023 MLB predictions... As always, division winners bolded and wildcards italicized . AL East: Blue Jays , Yankees, Rays, Orioles, Red Sox AL Central: White Sox , Twins , Guardians, Royals, Tigers AL West: Astros , Mariners , Angels, Rangers, A's NL East: Phillies , Braves , Mets , Marlins, Nationals NL Central: Cardinals , Brewers, Cubs, Reds, Pirates NL West: Padres , Giants , Dodgers, Dbacks, Rockies Best Records: Blue Jays, Phillies 2nd Best Records: Astros, Padres AL Wildcard: Yankees over Mariners, White Sox over Twin
Pitchers and catchers report in just over two weeks to Arizona and Florida to announce the beginning of Spring Training and the start of the 2023 MLB season. While Opening Day is still two months away exactly and transactions can still be made, it appears the Giants are done adding substantial names to their roster. Farhan Zaidi will continue to tinker as he likes to do, signing dudes to minor league free agent contracts with invites to compete for a roster spot, but when you look at the roster, there isn't much room for a surprise to break through. The roster is more or less set. So how did their offseason go? Whewww boy. My last post was lamenting the fact that the Giants struggled to sign free agents as a whole, but they especially had trouble with star level players. In a free agent market with three legit star hitters (Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Trea Turner), several really really good players (Xander Bogaerts, Dansby Swanson, Brandon Nimmo, Willson Contreras, Jose Abreu), a