Stupid change in opening day ruining my schedule, he mumbled angrily to himself.
I liked being able to write this column on Sunday morning, with the first game of the season scheduled for that night. This everybody starting on Thursday thing I’m much less enamoured of.
Anyhow, here we are again, season preview time. Every team gets no more than two sentences (though they are, admittedly, often extremely long sentences), and are listed in the order I believe they will finish within their respective divisions. West to East, AL first. Here we go.
American League
AL West
Houston Astros — This is an easy pick, as the Astros remain baseball’s strongest overall organisation for the moment.