With just under a month until Opening Day in Major League Baseball we are entering the period where we begin discussing which teams will be contending for playoff positions and a World Series title.
We also are having the discussions about which team is going to surprise the casual fan and outperform the preseason expectations set by the odds makers and “experts” in and around baseball.
Last season that team was the Arizona Diamondbacks, a franchise that hadn’t sniffed the postseason since 2017 and looked to be going no where near the playoffs, burst onto the scene thanks in large part to eventual rookie of the year Corbin Carroll and found their way into the playoffs.