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Obviously these were made prior to injuries to a couple of key pitchers.

NL East Sim W Sim L Div % Playoff % Playoff % adj New York Mets 87.8 74.2 47.8 75.3 63.1 Washington Nationals 87.1 74.9 37.7 69.0 54.7 Atlanta Braves 82.8 79.2 12.3 38.4 25.1 Philadelphia Phillies 76.8 85.2 1.9 8.9 5.1 Miami Marlins 71.3 90.7 0.2 1.4 0.2 NL Central Sim W Sim L...

https://www.baseballprospectus.com/standings/ AL East Sim W Sim L Div % Playoff % Playoff % adj New York Yankees 99.0 63.0 89.1 97.5 94.0 Tampa Bay Rays 87.3 74.7 7.6 50.8 29.5 Boston Red Sox 84.5 77.5 3.2 28.5 15.4 Toronto Blue Jays 76.6 85.4 0.1 3.0 1.3 Baltimore Orioles 62.9...

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-considering-new-postseason-format Add 2 teams per league. Top seed in each league gets a 1st round bye and seeds 2-4 have a chance to pick their opponent from the 5-7 seeds. All first round games are played at the higher seed's home park. Comments?

Deal seems to be finalized now (actually deals): https://www.mlb.com/news/mookie-betts-trade-dodgers-red-sox

THIRD BASEMEN 1) Alex Bregman, HOU (Last year, 5) 2) Anthony Rendon, LAA (4) 3) Nolan Arenado, COL (3) 4) Matt Chapman, OAK (7) 5) Jeff McNeil, NYM (not ranked) 6) Josh Donaldson, MIN (9) 7) Justin Turner, LAD (2) 8) Eugenio Suárez, CIN (10) 9) José Ramírez, CLE (1) 10) Manny Machado, SD (SS, 4)

RELIEF PITCHERS 1) Kirby Yates, SD (not ranked) 2) Aroldis Chapman, NYY (8) 3) Josh Hader, MIL (3) 4) Liam Hendriks, OAK (NR) 5) Ryan Pressly, HOU (NR) 6) Brandon Workman, BOS (NR) 7) Seth Lugo, NYM (NR) 8) Adam Ottavino, NYY (NR) 9) Taylor Rogers, MIN (NR) 10) Will Smith, ATL (NR)

I just saw his interview with Tom Verducci and am impressed by his willingness to take responsibility for his role in the sign stealing fiasco. He did not pass the buck or dodge any questions. He seemed genuinely remorseful and was very apologetic to the players, fans and baseball in general...

Pending the outcome of the commissioner's investigation. Hopefully, all of this will be cleared up before the middle of spring training.

The deal is not finalized yet, but it looks like the Dodgers will be getting Luis Rengifo. Other pieces are not certain, just yet.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mookie-betts-trade-red-sox-dodgers

http://www.gamedaynews.com/baseball/most-lopsided-trades-in-baseball-history/?utm_source=ya&utm_campaign=383732382-9759499499-ya&utm_medium=aol.com-ya&utm_content=35254862524-ya&utm_term=c-515124186-60081.jpg-n-ya&chrome=1

1) Jacob deGrom, NYM (Last year: 3) 2) Justin Verlander, HOU (5) 3) Gerrit Cole, NYY (NR) 4) Max Scherzer, WSH (1) 5) Hyun-Jin Ryu, TOR (NR) 6) Zack Greinke, HOU (NR) 7) Jack Flaherty, STL (NR) 8) Patrick Corbin, WSH (NR) 9) Mike Clevinger, CLE (NR) 10) Walker Buehler, LAD (NR)

1) Trevor Story, COL (Last year: 3) 2) Francisco Lindor, CLE (1) 3) Javier Báez, CHC (2) 4) Marcus Semien, OAK (not ranked) 5) Xander Bogaerts, BOS (NR) 6) Fernando Tatis Jr., SD (6) 7) Gleyber Torres, NYY (NR) 8) Jorge Polanco, MIN (NR) 9) Carlos Correa, HOU (NR) 10) Paul DeJong, STL (NR)

The Cubs have 2 years of team control. Will he be a Cub at the end of 2021?

I guess it's not official yet, but could be anytime. They are working out details of the contract, as I understand.

He has a full tool-box and won't hurt the team. He won't be around for a really long time, but should be OK for a couple of seasons.

He was referenced in the magazine section of our local Sunday paper today. How ironic........and sad. He was most definitely a great player and will be missed.

1. Ketel Marte 2. D. J. LeMahieu 3. Jose Altuve 4. Ozzie Albies 5. Brandon Lowe 6. Keston Hiura 7. Mike Mouostakas 8. Cavan Biggio 9. Kolton Wong 10. Luis Arraez

1. Yasmani Grandal 2. J. T. Realmuto 3. Willson Contreras 4. Mitch Garver 5. Gary Sanchez 6. Wilson Ramos 7. Robinson Chirinos 8. Buster Posey 9. Yadier Molina 10. Omar Narvaez