For the first time since the start of this Houston Astros “dynasty,” if you will, the AL West is wide open.
Not that it was a particularly competitive division to begin with, after all. Houston only won the AL West last year because the Seattle Mariners coughed up first place in August, and that’s all she wrote. The Angels are throwing everything at the wall, perhaps even cigarette butts from Angel Stadium’s parking lot, to see if anything sticks.
The A’s are rebuilding without an official home city, and the Texas Rangers were a Wild Card team when they won the World Series in 2023.