SI.com’s Dayn Perry proclaims that there are three super-teams in the American League: Boston, Cleveland, and Houston. CBSsports.com’s Mike Axisa asks if Cleveland will repeat after signing Edwin Encarnacion. ESPN.com’s David Schoenfeld informs us that the ZiPs projection system estimates that Kansas City will finish 79-83 in 2017. That’s 15 games behind the ZiPs forecast for the Indians.
Other analysts see the Kansas City Royals as the team most likely to hold a fire sale before the trade deadline.
Of course, little to no respect from the media has been the norm for the KC Royals the last three seasons.