Ranking EVERY MLB Team for 2023 Season TIER LIST
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These are my rankings for all 30 MLB teams for the 2023 Season. Which team do you think is the best team in MLB this season? Do you agree or disagree with my MLB team rankings?
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Kevin Gausman has a 0 ERA nice, he does have lots of comments about how the pitch clock and rule changes are affecting him though. Still bad miss for ya boy
You just saved yourself from one angry comment tho, I also agree with the jays ranking, they have the pieces to be elite just gotta put it togehter
Do a video on every mlb teams greatest manager
Why are you so biased Marc
Jays on paper are a top 5 team but the question is if they can put it together. They failed last year
Good save
Gausman has a 0.00 ERA in spring training LOL and has 18 strikeouts in 13.2 innings pitched. He's a beast and super consistent. He has not been shaky, at all lol.
I think he meant to say Manoah
He was shaky last season. I watched him multiple times. But I also want to sort of give him a pass because a lot of times he throws good pitches but the ball placement is just perfect.
@@user-qr5hp4ok3e, Manoah has been elite his whole career. only downside is walks, and thats because he lives on the edge of the zone and doesnt mind giving up a base for a good whiff pitch
ya I know go Jays go!
@Bailey Smith i think he had problems with the pitch clock this spring, that's it. But Marc said Gausman instead of Manoah...if he mispoke then it makes more sense because Gausman seems fine.
"And this is why the Mets are the best team in MLB history"
It's all about the Mets
It’s old bud
What’s the joke?
every year!!😂I have a Philly Bias against the Mets tho
never gets old imo
Kevin Gausman looking shaky this spring? Not sure that has been the case, he has been great!
Guy has 18 strikeouts in 13.2 innings pitched and he looks "shaky" lol. He's definitely drinking the kool aid.
@@lando0486 he usually just makes random claims to fit his narrative it’s nothing new
I was thinking the same thing. Guy has pitched to a 0.00 ERA in the spring lol
He said that Bellinger is looking good to when Belli is hitting .194
This dude doesn’t know babseball 😂
This is the year the Rays will shock a lot of people. Such an underrated ball club.
Aging nicely so far
13-0
this guy knew what was coming
33-13 man u are right!
Aged pretty damn well
kevin gausman has been quite the opposite of shaky. i don’t think he has allowed a run
Bro this mark guy doesn’t know baseball man
He’s referring to last year, his whip and fip were both high especially for a guy with a 3.35 era
@@aviationandmore1 his fip was extremely low his whip was high due to his bapip
@@chetstuckey2740 ok buddy 2 starts into the season and a ERA of 0 still
@@aviationandmore1 his FIP was historically low, actually. Lowest in MLB.
D-Backs should be up 1 tier.
Red Sox should be down 1 tier.
Brewers should be down 1 tier.
Dodgers should be up 1 tier.
Yankees should be down 1 tier.
Everything else is accurate
As a D-backs fan who watches them regularly, he was spot on unfortunately
As a tigers fan I’d like to think the front office signed Boyd and Lorenzen in hopes that the young rotation is back at full strength by June after all the injuries, then the veterans can go to the bullpen for long relief. If that pans out and Tork/Greene play to their potential with the AL central being bad the tigers might be able to win 70 games this season
Easily
Mariners regressing? Mitch Haniger was injured all season last year so Teoscar Hernandez is a huge upgrade at RF. We get a full season of Luis Castillo and a more experienced Gilbert/Kirby. Adam Frazier wasn’t very good for us last year either so getting Kolten Wong is a considerable upgrade. Also Julio is only going to get better. I believe a few Astros players also said that they were pretty confident that whoever won the series between the Mariners and the Astros was going to win the whole thing which is major props from a division rival.
I still think we lose the division but I expect us to be better even more so if JK is not ass
The Kolten Wong trade made very little sense him and Adam Frazier are the same exact player. The only differences Adam Fraser is better defensively, so in that sense the Mariners got worse.
Mariners fan here. I don't see Kolten Wong as an upgrade personally, to me he is essentially the same player as Frazier. Rather see DMo and Swaggs get games at 2B.
Mitch was a great guy, but we missed him last year... Hopefully Teoscar starts hitting soon though.
Robbie Ray though man... Last night, AGAIN!!! 🤮🤮🤮
Dodgers at postseason is so laughable, bullpen is elite each year, lineup still has Mookie, Freeman, smith, and Muncy (MVP Candidate when healthy), rotation is the biggest question mark but I think gonsolin will Give us enough starts to be elite still
The 2023 Dodgers are a husk of their former selves regardless.
Im betting the Padres will win the NL West.
exactly, everyone is undermining them when we all know very well their gonna finish above the padres and still win 99-104 games
I hate the dodgers but him putting them there makes no sense
as long as Chase Utley exists, Mets fan will have dodgers hot takes
It's realistic. The Dodgers in a full 162 game season haven't done much in the playoffs, especially when you consider the fact they've been one of, if not the best, regular season teams every year for a while now. Sorry to say, but the Dodgers actually need to prove themselves as contenders. Just having a good roster and great regular seasons just to get spanked in the playoffs early doesn't make you an actual contender.
Gausman 0 ERA this spring training
The Mets choked their division lead and got shutout in the Wild Card Game and Marc puts them in elite tier 🤦♂️ of course he does
They are clearly elite. They are coached well, motivated, and overall stacked.
I'm not a fan at all as well.
@@stephenstrang590, clearly elite. 🤦🏻♂️
May be biased here, but having the Blue Jays above the Mariners doesn't make sense. The M's took the Jays to the wood shed in the playoffs and the season series wasn't all that close either. Plus, they likely have a top 5 rotation in baseball. Same old song and dance with the Jays year in and year out lol
The problem with the Blue Jays is that they are perennial underperformers; every year for the past 3 years, they on paper have seemed like major contenders, but they never end up living up to those expectations. They did play better after Schneider took over for Montoyo, but then they got their butts kicked in the playoffs again, so until I see them actually have a season up to their expectations, I can't expect too much out of them.
If the Brewers actually bring up Turang and Frelick, they could be a very good team, I think it mostly relies on if they actually bring up their prospects and how they play, and Yelich has been looking really good since they put him into the leadoff spot last year, I feel like they're one or two pieces away from actually being very good.
Agree. Brewers are low key good. Just cheap as F!
Well to add to your comment the Brewers brought up Brice Turang and also Joey Wiemer, cuz of Luis Urias getting hurt, and both have been very good for my Brew Crew, especially Turang of course. My guy Turang’s got a .615 OBP already and obviously got a grand slam, so he’s on fire!!!!
Man this didn’t age well. But even before the season Marc are you that silly for saying blue jays better than the dodgers and we’re a poastaeason team. Smh we have freeman betts jd Keyshawn Urias. 🤦♂️
Mariners destroyed Blue Jays, got better and Blue Jays are still ahead? cmon smh
Blue Jays also got better but yeah I’d move the Mariners up
I am excited to revisit this video at the end of the season and feel awesome or horrible depending how it goes
Who’s your team?
Red Sox fan?
@@Gemnist98 I’m a Mariners fan but it is fun in general to see teams where they end up
My team is doing better than expected so far. Let’s go Pirates!
Reds won’t be good, but they are loaded for the future! Soooo many guys that are very young and have a strong upside. Looking forward to the season!
As a reds fan I agree but since we are so bad everyone will just leave
The thumbnail is 👏🏻😂
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Wsg Fuzzy, ikr the thumbnail is hilarious 😂
Of all the teams the astros faced in the post season, the mariners gave them the toughest battles in their games. They are a young team and definitely a dark horse of the AL west
But the Phillies the only team to actually beat them twice :0
the angels actually have a solid rotation w sandoval detmers ohtani and now anderson. rendon looks amazing right now and the rest of their lineup is good. and they actually have some decent depth. so with all of that said. they are finishing w a 78-84 record lol
update: they fucking suck
This video aged like fine wine
Dodgers still a top 5 team... they have 9? Pitchers that register as 3s or better.... Insane pen. With 2 maybe 3 MVPs on offense.
Mariners are a contender at the least! I could make a great argument that the Mariners were the 2nd best AL team behind the Astros. If they beat the Astros they were going to beat the Yankees. And they have gotten better. Also the starting rotation & bullpen is one of the top rotations in the American League.
Also how could you put the Blue Jays in contender but not the Mariners.
I'm not drinking the cubs cool aid, I'm not high on Dansby I'm confident he'll regress to career norms, the rotation is nice but defined needs an ace, maybe wesneski does that but I'm not sure, I'm excited for hoerner he looks good
I agree with the statement of: Twins biggest weakness feels like Rocco Baldelli. He has said some stuff in Spring Training about some changes he’a gonna try and make which sound promising, I hope he actually follows through. If he does, I think Twins have a better shot. If not, I think they’ll finish about same as last year
The Braves have a DH with alternate catching options. If Ozuna keeps hitting then he's a DH as well. At shortstop it's not really difficult to replace Dansby Swanson to be honest. I love Swansons defense but at the plate he still consistently swings at balls a foot off the plate for long periods of time and then gets on a hot streak before taking swings like a little league player again. Replacing Freeman was a big deal and the Braves did so and became better. Swanson isn't anywhere near the player of Freeman.
couldn’t agree more! ‘Sko Braves!! 2023 WS Champs!!
We have Grissom who's a better hitter than Swanson but needs to work on his defense
@Aaron Rogers exactly and the defense is one of the easiest things to replace in the game. With the defense of the Braves infield consisting of Austin Riley, Ozzie Albies, & Matt Olson it's an even easier replacement to make. The Braves have more flexibility than most when it comes to finding their idea of a perfect replacement for anyone they let go.
@Matthew Collins Freeman wasn't really replaced but Olson is serviceable.
@Aaron Rogers physically he's replaced Freeman indeed though. I liked the move then and still do. Olson is just a better fit than Freeman because of age, grew up a Braves fan, & he's better in several areas than Freeman. Not a knock on Freeman but I prefer Olson's power and defense personally. The Braves front office made the right call.
Love for the Blue Jays, but not for the Mariners who swept them in the Wild Card. Mariners got better at the Blue Jays expense too
Cardinals are definitely contenders 2 me, but idk
red sox fan here, that’s one of the most agreeable evaluations on us this year. i like yoshida a lot, and i like the turner pickup, but there’s still a lot left to prove. interesting to see how we perform with the bogaerts void
Thanks for the cubbies respect
I can't wait to see what the Orioles do in 2023. Let's Go O's.
Im a Jays, Red sox and Os fan. Os do great for a team that pays players by returning the beer cans they find after the games.
@@Shadowban69 The starting rotation is key for the Orioles.
@@Shadowban69 loyal fan I see
@@Shadowban69 I'm just now getting into baseball and being from bmore I'm an O's fan, that being said, is that a real thing?
Your cubs ranking made my heart warm 🥲
Mets in elite is hilarious
Definitely contender but you can’t be ELITE since the Braves have won the division 5 straight years
@@SWWonders exactly
I'd like to see you revisit this at the end of the season.
Watch the dodgers win the World Series bro all of a sudden these “intelligent” fan decide that they’re not good. It’s bs that the Yankees are that high too just because you got 27 rings doesn’t mean your good every year.
Mariners disrespect is real
He put them in Postseason lol
They ass
Mostly agree surprisingly. Realistically, that’s too many playoff teams and contenders, and the Dodgers and Rangers rankings sound insane given their talent. But when you dig in, those tiers reflect each team’s potential given their roster’s talent and track record.
Nailed it. Keep doubting the Dodgers.
Losing Hoskins hurts, but I feel Darick Hall is more than capable of picking up the slack.
Defensively yes- but offensively with hall is hit or miss..
I enjoyed this. Mostly solid grades with a few hot takes.
The Mariners are winning 98 games and the World Series this year
You are the first person on the internet I’ve heard give the Rangers their adequate “maybe”. They aren’t contenders yet but they will have a shot in every game they play with that pitching and the bats at the top of the lineup
Rays at the back end of post season teams is crazy lmaooo
Seattle Mariners will win the AL West Division with 98 wins!
Also, Seattle will win the 2023 World Series!
They have so much fantastic starting pitching! 4 Cy Young candidates(Castillo, Ray, Kirby, Gilbert)!
Plus, Jarred Kelenic will break out and smash 25 homers, hit 0.275, 0.350, 0.510!
Julio Rodriguez will get 30 homers and 30 steals and lead this franchise to the first World Series Championship!
Everyone in the MLB industry who are looking down on the Seattle Mariners will be regretting for not respecting this team!
I think the Cardinals are going to surprise some people. They have a top 5, arguably top 3 lineup, and I think the pitching will outperform what people are expecting.
"My team is going to shock some people" Said every fan for every team every year ever. lol
I think they will shock some people in how they underperform, they ain't getting any juiced balls this year
"Top 3 Lineup" LOL alright. Padres, Phillies, Astros, Yankees, Blue Jays all have better lineups just quickly off the top of my head
@@jon2141 Idk if I'd put the Yankees up there. Outside of Judge it's a pretty mediocre lineup. Top 10 with Judge. Probably in the 20 range without him.
@@jon2141 Phillies? Padres? Yankees? Those are the teams you mention…Blues Jays and Astros sure..but the Phillies are going to be without Hoskins and Harper…the Padres have a great 4 players along with Cronenworth..but who else? And the Yankees? I mean maybe if Stanton can stay healthy…but other then that? Rizzo? Okay..the Cardinals have power, contact, on base up and down the lineup..2 MVP candidates, Contreras is a great hitter…Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman..I mean Tyler O’Neil will hit 6th..the Cardinals absolutely have an argument as a top 5 lineup…depth and no questions at any position besides the outfield and it’s less who’s gonna play here because they don’t have any good players..they have too many good outfield options..Astros, Blue Jays, Braves..only teams I think have a better lineup then the Cardinals
I just got back into baseball. I didn’t know half the league makes the playoffs nowdays. Crazy.
Phillies were a very good team last year despite the record. People forget they were on a 95 win pace under Thompson.
They are kind of setup like the yankees are, Hit bombs and fuck small ball. The counter to that is great pitching. They did very good against the elite pitching staff of the astros in the world series.
He’s a mets fan so no matter what he’s gonna put phillies in contender and come up with some bs to explain wny
I mean they have lots of injuries and play in a brutal divison
The Rangers are textbook definition of a maybe? team.
Keeping a straight face ranking the Mets over the Braves is commendable
You knew he was gonna
How you explained the Braves you could explain the Mariners but you were barely putting the Mariners in the post-season tier and slapped the Braves in elite all easily???? Just doesn't make sense to me cause the Mariners starters feel highly underrated Luis Castillo, Robbie Ray, George Kirby and Logan Gilbert can all be a #1 or#2 on most teams I honestly feel like and already had a really good bullpen but Munoz is on the brink of going just nuclear, reminds me of how Edwin Diaz felt right when he went to one of the best
I'd like to see you doing an update of this video to see where teams actually end up from where they were put at the start of the season
Could of sworn the Mariners swept the Jays in the playoffs and got better but who knows
As a Dodgers fan, I think you’re right. Still very much to prove with rookies and although the Dodgers do good with prospects, you can’t assume they’ll be amazing. Playoff contenders is a safe pick for the team they have.
As an Astros fan, even I think you're selling your team way too short. They should still be elite tier. The lineup and rotation are still an envy of the league even with the loss of Turner.
@@shoukatsukai i believe we will be elite, but with the rookies we have we can’t just assume they’ll step up
@@shoukatsukai finally a like able Stros fan 🙌🏼
G-Rod, Gunnar, Cowser, Kjerstad, Joey Ortiz, Westburg... all potentially going to be brought up to the Majors this season. Yeah, 2023 will be a super fun season to be an Oriole fan!
I’m from the future…it is.
Mark I see what your doing my guy 👍👍 thank you for learning from your mistakes and not jinksing the angels this year.
Marc:Puts Rays in postseason team
Rays:Best record in the MLB
You’re giving my Red Sox much more credit than I am.
"I see a world where the Rangers might surprise people." 7 months later, the Rangers are World Series Champions. Mets, Yankees, Cardinals, Gaurdians were too high on the list. I do find it funny that the Dbacks landed in "Not Awful" but made it to the World Series. I guess hindsight is 20/20.
Were the Mariners not contenders last year? Obviously their lineup wasn’t elite but it didn’t seem to matter in the the postseason. They absolutely stomped the Blue Jays, and (despite losing all 3 games) they were neck and neck with the Astros. I think they pretty clearly make it to the World Series if a few things go differently against the Astros, and to me that’s a contender.
So why would a better version of that team not be a contender as well?
Exactly!!! 🤯
As a Royals fan I would be thrilled if they were "not awful" this year. Matheny and Cal Eldred were terrible, so the new coaches have to be an improvement. They've looked really good this spring, but they've given me false hope before.
That’s an understatement. We are way worse than I thought. I thought we’d hang around 75 wins but we’ll be lucky to win 50 at this rate.
i would be very very surprised to see either of the new york teams make it out of a wild card or first round match up if i’m being honest
The Yankees have a considerably better roster this year than they did last season. The pitching is elite and if Volpe + Peraza live up to the hype, look out because that will be a dangerous lineup.
@@TurboFist0 Yankees were pretty horrible last season. They had a good run, but that was obviously a massive fluke and Judge is gonna regress to max 30 homers, its gonna be a tough season in the Bronx.
@@kareberntsen7834 Lol nice troll attempt. You almost had me until you said Judge hits max 30 homers. The guy could go out there batting lefty and still hit over 30.
@@TurboFist0 Not troll, just the reality. You'll see. Come back here in september.
@@TurboFist0 judge won’t hit more than 40 nukes this season and he legit the only reason they won so many games they won’t be near as good as they were last season
Very safe predictions, virtually the same as the 2022 year-end standings except for Padres/Dodgers and Mets/Phillies (shocker) switcharoos.
I do like to come back to the older videos and see the accuracy 😅
I think the statement that the Tigers organization is bad WAS true before Scott Harris came in. He pretty much rebuilt the whole organization and staff and if you ask me has the team in a significantly better spot going forward. Also Spring Training is Spring Training but the offense has been alive for them and I do think that may actually carry over into the season. We will see though
Reds one aged like milk so far they won their last 10 and lead the nl central
Im not really sure how a team that won 111 last year is all of a sudden dropped down to postseason team with multiple teams that barely finished over .500...
I am a Mariners fan but I ask this without bias.
Blue Jays > Mariners ??
Cardinals > Mariners I understand St. Louis has a better chance of winning division, but do not agree they are the better team.
Astros I agree despite Altuve injury.
Braves are better then the Mets, sorry man. They have a better core of talent.
Almost to opening day! Can't wait til Baseball
I like that Carolina helmet back there
About the Braves situation with the DH they probably will put Travis dArnaud there and for left field I think they’ll do Rosario
as a Phillies fan despite Rhys Hoskins injury I think our team will finish second place in our division and become a playoff team
they could beat out the braves for 1st don't rule out the phils
@@robinherbert638 they could but the Braves aren't going to scare me the Mets are
As a former A's fan, I appreciate u keeping it short and sweet about their ranking. And as a current Dodgers fan, we definitely did not do enough to beat these new Padres. We might beat them in the season series, but this Dodger team isn't beating them in 3, 5 or 7.
Thumbs up for the real smooth Rocco slight.
I still haven't forgiven him for game 1 against the Yankees in 2019.
As a Red Sox fan I agree with your assessment. A lot of IFs in the line-up. IF they perform to their potential they could be really good. But I'm not counting on that.
Marc are you telling me that you expect the Tigers to have all the injuries and everyone on the roster to have down years two years in a row? I think you underestimate them like mostly everyone else. Im predicting 77-81 wins this year leading to an AL Central crown next season.
If AASr was still there then yes I understand your take on the organization but he’s gone and it’s Scott Harris now.
As a Rockies fan I appreciate an unbiased view at how awful we are. It's easy to focus on Cron or McMahon. I hope I don't become that 100 year old Cubs fan crying at the tv for winning a WS finally
Rockies fan here as well. I agree lol. I hope they can win a world series within the next 20 years given where they are currently at.
Great list!
Padres, I don't trust Snell and Yu, they can be give you 8 shut out innings any given day, but there's just as high a chance they give up 5 runs in 4 innings. Plus the rotation isn't complete, they're trying to make relievers into starters just to fill out a top 5. I really do trust the dodgers rotation to carry them past the padres, even if they're not elite. SS, 3B and LF is a concern, but the rest of the lineup is trustworthy to hold their own, and the pitching staff can carry it the rest of the way.
I know the angels do this every year, but this is the first time that the pitching staff is ready. Normally we're just getting hype over the offense. Now they have potentially one of the best young rotations in the game and that makes them very scary. Overall their team is just as complete as the mariners, and they have more fire power on offense. If you do a position by position comparison with the angels and astros, the angels are almost identical, just as strong on top, just as deep. Seattle does not hold up nearly as well when compared to the astros. Seattle may have a higher floor, but they can't take down the astros. As for the angels, it's a new year, a new book, this is the first time they've had a healthy staff, they have a significantly higher ceiling. And preseason just looking at them on paper, you can't ignore that they're a mile in front of Seattle.
I would also feel comfortable putting Boston in not awful, Sale, and Whitlock are the only starters who look competitive, Paxton, Kluber, and Pivetta are just there to eat innings. Kenley isn't good, just ask braves and dodgers fans. Turner isn't as good as JD in the lineup. Hernandez, Duvall, and Verdugo are just borderline league average guys, and as much as I love Yoshida and I drafted him in fantasy, reports are not even Yoshida's camp thought he'd get an offer as big as the one the Red Sox gave, so I don't think he picks up Xanders production level.
I don't disagree with what you said about Giants and DBacks, but I think DBacks finish the year higher in the standings, I would probably push SF down a tier because of the mid offense.
Idk how you can rank some of those teams above the Dodgers. They're the dodgers. They've been dominant the past 10 years, they didn't make a splash and they let trea leave to sign Shohei Ohtani
Putting the Cardinals at postseason is a little low (I'd put them in the lower half of the contender catagory), but otherwise, much respect for these rankings. 👍
Don’t forget about Hayden Wesneski with the Cubs in the rotation
Is he officially in the rotation
He should be
@@chriswalther7329Yes, until Kyle Hendricks comes back at least. I personally think Hendricks should just be depth at this point considering his last couple years and the plethora of young, competent Sp’s we have.
The Cubs seem like they have 8 starters now
@@zachflakerton They basically do which is a really good thing depth-wide since they are all solid.
Red Sox are definitely going to put Adalberto Mondesi at shortstop, idk how long he stays healthy though.
I have a feeling the rangers are gonna have a orioles last year type of year
you sat one row behind me at the Japan Mexico game lol
Brewers being over Cleveland is crazy
At least The Rangers are trying something finally. I've stuck by them in the worst of times, I'll stick by em now.
„Something is weird there, the Twins should have been so much better last year“
Yeah, the „weird there“ was they had an entire division contending lineup, rotation and bullpen on the IL lmao
Looking back, we need to flip around the mets and the reds 😂
Marc love to pick your mind on this. But I heavily disagree with the Mariners analysis. I would say they belong in contender tier.
Everything possible went wrong for the White Sox last year and they broke even at .500 baseball. New manager in itself is +5 wins, a healthy team is another *5-15 wins
Do a Video on Every MLB Teams best manager
Which duo will be the best in 2023?
Nola and Wheeler
Cole and Rodon
Scherzer and Verlander
Scherzer-Verlander if they stay healthy
The Orioles certainly have had most everything go right with them this year, with just 25 games to go and being 35 games above 500, placing them as a bonfire pennant contender that can compete with the elite tier (Braves, Dodgers, Rays, Mariners IMO). The Bautista injury puts a big question mark on an October appearance. Boston is one of the few "Maybe?" teams that basically has lived up to their expectations, and they remain on the fringe of Wild Card contention. Miami is probably also in that same "Maybe?" tier, and it wouldn't shock me if they sneak in just like the NBA and NHL teams did last spring. I'd also place the D-Backs in that "Maybe?" tier as well. Sure, the Padres and Yankees have been big busts, but I'd place them in that same tier, which really should be full of teams around .500. The Padres are 5th in run differential in the NL, and the Yankees have big spoiler potential that just happens to play in a hot division that sadly was gagged with numerous injuries, with a season-ending concussion to Rizzo being the latest. They recently swept the Astros in Houston, so they definitely still can beat you on any given day.
The Mets and Padres at Elite aged exactly how I would've hoped
The fact that people were worried about the braves having the backup shortstop Orlando Arcia and turns out he was an all star us quite funny to me
Ah yes, the Mariners, who SWEPT the Blue Jays in 2 games IN Toronto AND won the season series AND had a better offseason including taking one of Toronto's best sluggers for a minimal return but yea, they're a contender but we aren't. What a joke of a take.
Even as a Padres fan, I gotta disagree that the Dodgers are just a postseason team. I think they’re still elite and I’d still pick them to win the division. Postseason is a whole other ballgame there
Glad to see an honest Pads fan. Did the Dodgers get "worse" this off-season and the Pads better? Yes. But Marc is forgetting the Dodgers won 111 games and the division by 22 games last year. That gap doesn't magically dissappear because Trea Turner leaves. We replaced JT with JD, actually have a deeper and more reliable rotation this year, not relying on fragile guys like Heaney and company, Outman in all likelihood will get the bulk of CF starts and could very well be better than Bellinger for $18M less. Oh and our bullpen is still mostly intact. And we have insane depth through the 40 man roster and going into our Minor League system.
He's right, on paper the Padres, at least their lineup, is still better. But they lack depth if one of their big names goes down or underperforms. Their rotation certainly isn't better IMO.
@@MrBlake14 That’s the big thing that the Dodgers have above almost any other team: depth. Especially in the minors, where they have a lot of guys who can come up and make an impact in the majors. I don’t think they’ll win 100 games but it’s gonna be dogfight till the end for the division
@@TheLuiscelaya Oh it'll definitely be more competitive this year. I think both the Dodgers and Padres could/should win 95-100 games each. I just am somewhat bewildered at all these baseball talking heads thinking the Dodgers are 20+ losses worse for losing ONE player. Whenever people mention our off-season losses, its like...and? JD Martinez replaces JT at DH and likely hits much better. Outman, and whoever else fills in at CF, likely outperforms Belli. Syndegaard and May replace Heaney and Anderson. Pepiot has #3 upside, and is showing it this Spring. Our bullpen remained intact. Muncy looked like old Muncy in the second half after getting g healthy. And Vargas is a ROTY frontrunner going into this season. I just don't understand the weird hate. Like Marc saying May hasnt shown he can be dominant? Ummm....did we forget his pre TJS performance? He was ELECTRIC! He will be fully healthy this year and will probably slide into that #2 spot in the rotation. This team is still VERY GOOD.
How in the world can you justify Jay's above the Mariners???
“And that’s what makes the Mets Elite!”
Well, they do have a star studded lineup. they picked up an old expensive pitcher in JV who is known for shitting the bed in the post season, which was their porblem last year. lol
@@shortfusedd I know, they are my pick from NL East
Phillies coming off the World Series plus adding turner, they’re elite cut out the bias 😂