We are just weeks away from hearing the voice of play ball in the 30 parks where major league ball is played, at that time the 30 teams will have the same chance to get the coveted title of champion of the 2024 season, but this is a very long way, as the campaign has a schedule of 162 commitments per team and that takes place in a period of 6 months, the MLB is composed of 30 sets and six divisions, three per league, these leagues are the National, also known as the old circuit and the American, which is called the young circuit, I make this small explanation for readers who do not follow this sporting discipline in depth can understand the small analysis that I will make of one of the divisions of the National League, this time will be the west, which looks quite attractive.
Estas dos figuras que les acabo de mencionar se unen a un núcleo de jugadores de primer nivel, tales como: Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernández y Jason Heyward, entre estos jugadores que acabo de mencionar produjeron casi 200 jonrones y empujaron más de 700 carreras, ahora la ofensiva tendrá la adición de Ohtani, sin duda alguna este equipo traerá muchas carreras y si el pitcheo se porta relativamente efectivo seguramente ganarán más de 90 juegos o rebasen la barrera de los 100 triunfos, son los grandes candidatos a repetir como campeones divisionales y muchos los dan como grandes rivales de los Bravo de Atlanta en la liga Nacional.
We begin this visit of the western division, with the current divisional champion and that has been dominating this division for more than a decade, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Californians have a team with great figures and in this 2024 they have made high quality acquisitions, by way of free agency they acquired the services of the Japanese and most valuable of the American league in 2023, nothing more and nothing less than Shohei Ohtani, who can be a great pitcher and also a fearsome power hitter, the Dodgers also hired Ohtani's compatriot, I speak of pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who signed for 12 years and 325 million dollars with the set of the Angels.
These two figures I just mentioned join a core of top players such as: Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, Max Muncy, Teoscar Hernandez and Jason Heyward, between these players I just mentioned they produced almost 200 home runs and pushed more than 700 runs, now the offense will have the addition of Ohtani, no doubt this team will bring many runs and if the pitching is relatively effective they will surely win more than 90 games or exceed the barrier of 100 wins, they are the great candidates to repeat as divisional champions and many give them as great rivals of the Atlanta Braves in the National league.
Los Gigantes de San Francisco aunque han realizado algunos movimientos, no parece que están para grandes cosas, parece que están apostando al desarrollo de sus jóvenes talentos y para que dicho desarrollo se cumpla de buena manera, han adquirido algunos veteranos, un ejemplo de lo que hablo fue la firma del venezolano Pablo Sandoval, quien hace algunos años fue una de las grandes figuras del equipo de la Bahía, en mi opinión el equipo de San Francisco no tiene actualmente las piezas para poder pelear con equipos de alto calibre como Dodgers, Bravos, Mets, Phillies y los mismos Cascabeles de Arizona, pero si vienen desarrollando una gran base de jugadores que al paso de unos tres años darán mucho de qué hablar.
The Arizona Rattlers were a true revelation in the 2023 campaign, nobody gave them as favorites, not even the third wild card, for more than half of last season they were dominating the west of the National League, but did not withstand the onslaught of the Dodgers, but managed to go to the playoffs by way of the wild card and unexpectedly won the title of the old circuit and went to the World Series, The Arizona Dodgers have the same winning base as last year and added a great left-handed pitcher in Eduardo Rodriguez, a Venezuelan pitcher who has performed well in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. It remains to be seen if youngsters Gabriel Moreno, Corbin Carrol and Lourdes Gurriel can repeat what they did last season and lead their Rattlers to a safe harbor.
The San Francisco Giants although they have made some moves, it does not seem that they are for big things, it seems that they are betting on the development of their young talents and for that development to be fulfilled in a good way, they have acquired some veterans, an example of what I am talking about was the signing of the Venezuelan Pablo Sandoval, In my opinion the San Francisco team does not currently have the pieces to be able to fight with high caliber teams such as the Dodgers, Braves, Mets, Phillies and the Arizona Rattlers, but they are developing a great base of players that in about three years time will give them a lot to talk about.
Por último los Rockies de Colorado parecen estar destinados a mantener el último lugar de la división y su lucha debería estar centrada en mejorar el registro de ganados y perdidos que tuvo durante el campeonato del 2023, el cual fue de 59 ganados y 103 perdidos, ellos fueron el peor equipo de toda la liga Nacional y el único en perder más de 100 compromisos, no hicieron grandes movimientos para revertir lo ocurrido durante el 2023 y en eso me baso para decir que estarán nuevamente en el último lugar en la venidera temporada de las grandes ligas, tal cual como nombre a los equipos, así pienso que van a quedar en la tabla de clasificación de la división del oeste en este 2024, nos leeremos en una próxima publicación mis amigos amantes del deporte.
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To finish this walk in the western division of the National League, it is the turn of the San Diego Padres, this team can not be denied that they have made large investments and sought high quality players, but the results were not given, apparently they are taking the path of rebuilding the team, The case of the Padres is very similar to that of the Giants, not much is seen in comparison to the great candidates of this division and the National League in general, but as in baseball anything can happen, they can not be ruled out completely.
Finally the Colorado Rockies seem destined to hold the last place in the division and their struggle should be focused on improving the win-loss record they had during the 2023 championship, which was 59 wins and 103 losses, they were the worst team in the entire National league and the only one to lose more than 100 games, they did not make big moves to reverse what happened during the 2023 and that's what I base my opinion to say that they will be again in the last place in the coming season of the big leagues, just as I name the teams, so I think they will be in the leaderboard of the western division in this 2024, we will read in a future publication my friends sports lovers.
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