The Super Bowl is behind us now which can only mean one thing: baseball season is right around the corner! Pitchers and catchers report next Wednesday. The Mets, Padres, and Dodgers (with the recent signing of Trevor Bauer) have all been busy. Players declined to begin the season a month late or reduce the number of games. Hopefully, we're getting back to the way things were pre-COVID.

YES!!! I am so ready for Spring Training.
GO NATS!!!

Pitchers and Catchers report in 6 days!!!

I'm ready. Glad it's a 162 game season and they didn't push the start of it back like the league wanted to do.

Agreed! Minor leagues don't start until May, but at least the big clubs get a full season. 2020 was just weird with only 60 games, and a lot of players never really hitting their stride. I am so ready for a real season.

I consider 2020 to be an asterisk. Yes, that means you LA. I don't hold any numbers against the players but many of them are slow starters. I hope the minors can get some work in if only for the fact I don't want these farmhands in the Yankees system to miss out on 2 seasons now. I'm chopping at the bit to see what 17-year-old Yankees rookie sensation Jasson Dominguez can do!

I know! Dominguez is going to be exciting to watch. The whole Yankees lineup is formidable.
I am excited to see what our prospects Cade Cavali and Jackson Rutledge will bring this season.
I said it last year that the only team that will ever consider 2020 a real season is the team that wins the World Series.
Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow.

Looking forward to it!

The NL West looks like it might be fun to watch. I hope SD can give LA a run for their money.
The NL East is going to be rough. Atlanta, New York, and Washington are all looking pretty tough IMO.
The AL East will be interesting. I wondr how the Rays will adjust after coming so close last year. IMO, the Yankees are still the class of that division.

The NL West will definitely be fun to watch between the Padres and Dodgers. The NL East will be fun too and the central is always a dog fight. The Yankees should win the division this year. Tampa's not a better team by trading Blake Snell, although the Blue Jays might put some pressure on the Yankees. These are who I'm picking to win each division:

AL East: Yankees
AL Central: White Sox
AL West: A's
NL East: Braves
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers

I agree with your picks. All of them. I just hope the Nationals can snag a wild card. We made a lot of improvements in the off season.
I think we may eventually see a Yankees - Dodgers series, but I hope someone can knock out LA in the playoffs.

The NL East is going to be tough. The Mets made some moves but the Nats have the pitching to make it happen. They just need to stay healthy (same goes for the Yankees as well). I'd love to see the Dodgers get knocked out as well. I put an asterisk to the Dodgers last year. If it was a full season, you know Kershaw would have crapped again in October from either fatigue or nerves. 60 games is WAY too short. Let's see how he does with a full season this year.

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Don't worry, nobody's going to see them play live anyway 🤣

I’m new here and since I see no introduction section, I’ll introduce myself here. Sal from Stamford, go yanks! Been too long for a team that spends so high.

Welcome Sal! Always great to have another Yankee fan in here.

thank you Irishman12! Happy St Paddy’s Day!

Thank you, same to you!

Welcome aboard, Sal. I am new here myself. Nationals fan here, but I love any baseball talk.

Looking forward to Opening Day on Thursday! ⚾🧤

Thanks MonsterUSMC! ... yes! can't wait for Thursday!

Well, that sucked. Nothing worse than an opening day loss at home followed by an off-day tomorrow.

Yup. Typical Yankees, can't push runners across when they're on base. Nice bomb from Sanchez and Cole looked good too (was hoping he'd get 10 strikeouts but he wound up finishing with 8).

An asterisk? Oh hell no lol. Our team is stacked with talent. Not just Mookie

60 game season. Not saying they're not talented, but Kershaw would have crapped out in October again under a normal MLB season. Let's see them repeat this year.

Nobody repeats theses days. Not since the yankees 3peat in 2000.

That was my point

It's amazing how the vegas futures never reflect that. Public gonna public.

Yanks started off badly, 5-10 with the worst record in the AL. They're looking better as of late, bats are starting to hit, and Cole (if he keeps it up) should win his first Cy Young. Yesterday against the Indians he had 11K's with no walks. Dude's straight dealing!

Capacity increasing to 33% on May 19th. I may try and get down there for a game.