Mike Trout is hands-down the best baseball player on the planet, and after signing the largest contract in professional sports history with the Los Angeles Angels, he’ll continue mashing in balls in southern California for the next decade and more. But Trout isn’t the only attraction in Anaheim: I would argue smooth-fielding, rocket-armed Andrelton Simmons is also worth …
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The San Francisco Giants play in the most beautiful park in all of baseball. I would pay good money to watch a Planet Earth-style documentary of an empty Oracle Park (previously Pac Bell Park, SBC Park and AT&T Park). The camera slowly pans across the outfield grass and rises up so I can catch a glimpse of McCovey Cove behind the tall …
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After four consecutive last-place finishes, the Cincinnati Reds shook things up this past offseason by trading for Yasiel Puig and replacing three-fifths of their starting rotation with newcomers Sonny Gray, Tanner Roark and Alex Wood. With their revamped rotation along with young sluggers Eugenio Suarez and Jesse Winker and steady vet and on-base machine Joey Votto, the Reds hope to …
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The Texas Rangers are hoping to reverse a downward trend that has seen the club go from AL West champs two years ago to cellar dwellers last season. The Rangers aren’t expected to contend this year, but watching Joey Gallo crush baseballs (when he makes contact) makes the team worth watching. Plus, it’s the last year of watching the Rangers …
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The St. Louis Cardinals have missed the playoffs the past three seasons but are expected to contend this year with the Cubs and Brewers in the NL Central. New acquisition Paul Goldschmidt along with Matt Carpenter, Marcell Ozuna and the ageless Yadier Molina will lead the offense, and big things are expected from the team’s young shortstop, Paul DeJong. Cardinals …
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The Atlanta Braves boast two of the most exciting young players in the game in 22-year-old second baseman Ozzie Albies and 21-year-old outfielder Ronald Acuna, Jr. They are worth the price of admission alone, but the team itself is one of the top clubs in the National League after winning 90 games last season enroute to the NL East title. …
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It was too good to be true, and we all knew it. YouTube TV, previously CNET’s favorite live TV streaming service, just announced its latest price hike, and it’s a doozy. It went from $40 to $50, a whopping 25 percent jump. I say “previously” because “favorite” is based primarily on value — namely, channels for the money. In boosting …
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These are not the Boston Red Sox I grew up with. After an 86-year drought from 1918 to 2004 in which the Red Sox went without a championship, the club last season won its fourth World Series title in the past 15 years. The Red Sox won a franchise record 108 games in the regular season before beating the Yankees, Astros …
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Mets fans, this could be the year. At least, it should be better than last year. After finishing fourth in the National League East, the New York Mets made some moves. New agent-turned-GM Brodie Van Wagenen shored up the bullpen with two closers: Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia. He also signed veterans Robinson Cano and Wilson Ramos to join rookie …
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The Philadelphia Phillies were the biggest movers and shakers in MLB baseball’s 2019 offseason. They signed former MVP Andrew McCutchen and traded for two All-Stars in catcher J.T. Realmuto and shortstop Jean Segura. And then they went out and dropped $330 million to bring Bryce Harper to Philadelphia. Phillies fans who have cut the cable TV cord and want to …
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