On Opening Day, everybody gets to have hope.
That holds true for the historically spoiled fans of the Yankees and for those of the historically beleaguered fans of the Marlins. It's true for the Cubs on Chicago's North Side, and true for the White Sox on the South Side. Of course, hope is not created equally.
Last season was unusually predictable, with consensus preseason forecasts nailing all six eventual division winners. That held true in the postseason as well, where the World Series pitted a pair of 100-win teams for the first time since 1970.
As I've written a million times, forecasts are not opinion and aren't even really predictions.