The battle for the No. 1 spot in our preseason power rankings was a close one. Which National League team came out on top?
By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. Nesbitt With Opening Day upon us, it’s time to put to bed a baseball offseason that accelerated from blah to blockbuster to bizarre. is a Yankee, an Oriole, an Astro, Dylan Cease a Padre, a Giant, Craig Counsell a Cub. and are back where they were last year. Most of the others are now. Sorry. Advertisement The Dodgers’ immediate dividends for their $1.
The point is that the Padres looked at a roster still filled with stars and decided they wouldn’t go as quietly as expected. Good for them. After a couple years that began with relentless preseason hype, the Padres are entering the season with almost no buzz at all. Maybe this is exactly what they’ve needed all along. — Brisbee 15. Playoff odds: 41 percent The made the league’s this offseason and . In between, they signed and and traded two prospects for and .
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