The Boston Red Sox are going to be pretty shitty this year.
What if everything goes right?
Maybe Chris Sale and James Paxton can play like it’s 2017?
Rafael Devers hits 50 bombs?
No one gets hurt?
Don’t get me wrong.
These are teams who all got here for various reasons but are entering this season with no immediate hope.
Pittsburgh Pirates
Barstool Sportsbook Win Total Odds: Under 67.5 (-121)
Great ballpark.
They went 62-100 last year and spent the off-season signing old players.
This is a team with some interesting parts.
Bryan Reynolds is already a very good player.
O’Neil Cruz is incredibly raw but has tons of talent.
But even when they have talented players, they seem to take a step back.
Ke’Bryan Hayes somehow seems to get worse every season.
He’s only 26 but he’s got to start improving soon.
This will be yet another lost year for the Pirates.
The only question is will they lose 100 games for the third season in a row.
With schedules no longer being so division-centric, this will really hurt both teams.
No longer can they play the other shit teams in the Central 17 times a year.
This is a team that lost 100 games last year and now has a tougher schedule.
This is the last year Joey Votto is under contract with the Reds.
The only move they made this off-season that’s even worth writing about was adding Wil Myers.
They have the two worst contacts in baseball with Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin.
The future looks pretty bleak.
Their owner just died and the family seems to be taking a very leisurely route to selling the team.
This season will be a joke.
I don’t see adding Trevor Williams and Dominic Smith changing much.
2019 wasn’t that long ago.
They are +50000 to win the World Series.
I can’t think of many other cities that have worse off-seasons in recent baseball history than Oakland.
I really think the A’s will be historically horrible in 2023.
Frank sees them losing 120 games.
I don’t think he’s wrong.
That Mets team, while awful, was filled with hope and excitement for a brand new expansion team.
I have a hard time finding anything potentially positive about this team.
Maybe Seth Brown hits 30 home runs?
Maybe JJ Bleday becomes a decent major leaguer?
If you have any A’s fans in your life, it might be time for a wellness check.
