MLB Opening Day Power Rankings

In the conclusion of the 2018 season, the Boston Red Sox were celebrating their fourth World Series title since 2004. However, according to our experts, despite almost all the Red Sox’s star players due back this season, taking another title will not be simple. They hardly won out the top place in our preseason survey, edging out the Houston Astros (the 2017 champs) and their archrivals, the New York Yankees. These three teams split all of the first-place votes with the Red Sox and Astros getting six apiece and the Yankees getting the remaining three.
Opening Day on ESPN and ESPN+
A fresh MLB season is upon usand what better way to celebrate than with a program packed with Opening Day matchups?
Thursday on ESPN and ESPN+:
Noon ET: Baseball Tonight live from Yankee Stadium
1 p.m. ET: Baltimore Orioles-New York Yankees
3 p.m. ET on ESPN+: Atlanta Braves-Philadelphia Phillies
4 p.m. ET: Arizona Diamondbacks-Los Angeles Dodgers
7 p.m. ET: Boston Red Sox-Seattle Mariners
The Los Angeles Dodgers are favored to be the top team at the National League for a third consecutive year, but is this the season they finally break through and beat the American League champs to win their first World Series since 1988? The Dodgers were the only NL team to get third-place votes outside the AL’s top trio (they obtained two). However, the NL’s stronger competitive equilibrium shines through, with eight of the top 12 teams coming out of the Senior Circuit, including three groups apiece from the NL East and NL Central.
That equilibrium does not end there. The teams ranked Nos. 11-16 all got votes placing them in the top 10, so which groups are on top are sure to get shaken up as the season gets underway.
For each and every group, we identified the best- and worst-case scenarios and the 1 player who could make or break the season. We also contained the projected documents and division finishes calculated by Bradford Doolittle, in addition to the latest World Series chances calculated from the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook.

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