A tedious offseason is now in the rear view with spring training underway. A winter filled with inactivity early on culminated in its final weeks when baseball’s top free agents signed their new contracts.
Much has changed across MLB’s landscape, including the pecking order of one of its weakest divisions, the AL West.
The Seattle Mariners are well into a rebuild, while the Texas Rangers are still in the beginning stages of theirs. Needless to say, both clubs are expected to be two of the worst in the American League this year, and are extremely unlikely to challenge for the division title.