[ESP/ENG] Nos mudamos a la liga Americana y el paseo ahora será para el oeste / We moved to the American league and the ride will now be to the west.
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The month of March is beginning and that means that the opening of the 2024 season in the major leagues is closer than we thought, in previous publications we analyzed the three divisions of the National League and their respective teams, there we were able to take stock of the different franchises and detail who have a real chance to fight for the title of the 2024 season, now it is the turn of the three conferences or divisions of the American league or young circuit as it is also known, west, in that order we will analyze this league, today we will start with the 5 teams that make up or make life in the west division, they are: Houston Astros Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Angels Angelinos of Anaheim and the Oakland Athletics, in this analysis we will observe the current status of these teams and if things changed with respect to the last campaign of 2023, so let's start with our walk through the west.
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The Houston Astros will be the first team we will visit, they are the current champions of the western division and for this edition they are again the great favorites to revalidate their title, for them they have a luxury roster, with great offensive players who have been tested and proven, Jose Altuve with more than 2000 hits in his career, Jose Abreu power player who can bring many runs, the same applies to Jordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman, Tucker is another great hitter and they round out that offense with the young Jeremy Peña, they have a solid pitching, which is commanded by Justin Verlander the arrival of the left-handed Hader gives them an advantage over their rivals, since he is a high quality closer who will be in charge of maintaining the advantages of the siderals and win those games, without a doubt they should win more than 90 games in this 2024 and be again in the play-offs.
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The Texas Rangers are the current champions of the MLB World Series, for this season they will have the same payroll, the difference will be that their young players come with a year more experience and above all with the mentality of champions, the offensive work will fall on the shoulders of the Cuban Arolis Garcia who was the main home run and driving force of the Texan team, will be escorted by Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Leody Taveras and Josh Jung, a rookie who caused a sensation in the last season, While their starting pitching will have three great starters such as Jacob deGrom, Nathan Eovaldi and Jon Gray, but things do not end there, since by mid-season they expect the addition of the stellar Max Scherzer, without a doubt they will have the best rotation of starters in this division and the entire American league, they will once again give battle to the Astros, and will surely fight for their pass to the post-season in this 2024.
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A team that during the 2023 campaign left much to be desired, were the Seattle Mariners who had a roller coaster style campaign, with ups and downs, they started badly, then improved and ended as they started, in their ranks they have Julio Rodriguez in him are many of their hopes of having a happy ending in the coming season, while in the pitching the same thing happens, The Mariners hope to have the same luck that Texas had in 2023, but it is a matter of observing what the Seattle rookies are made of and if they are prepared for the great responsibility of guiding this team to a classification, they have it very difficult, especially because they have the Astros and the Rangers as divisional rivals, it will be dawn and we will see.
Los Atléticos de Oakland parecen ser una fija para estar en el último lugar de la división, es un conjunto que está preparando sus maletas y mudarse a las Vegas, al parecer prefieren fortalecer sus jugadores de ligas menores y hacer una buena inversión cuando se llegue el momento de la mudanza y así convertirse en un equipo contendor, pero para la campaña del 2024 seguramente volverán a perder unos 100 juegos y ser de los peores equipos de las grandes ligas, es triste que un equipo de tanta tradición y que dominó el torneo a finales de los años 80 lo hayan dejado caer tanto, ahora toca esperar si las cosas cambien cuando están en las Vegas, sin lugar a dudas esta división del oeste debería quedar en manos de los Astros muy seguidos de Texas y en un tercer lugar los Marineros, ojalá ocurran sorpresas porque eso me gusta y más en este deporte.
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We finish with a pair of teams that in my opinion will occupy the 4th and 5th places in the American League West, the Angelinos of the Angels of Anaheim have been deteriorating and now much more with the departure of Japanese star Shohei Ohtani, who is now a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, It does not seem that they have the necessary players to face the Texans, their offensive reference will be Mike Trout again, but it is extremely difficult for a single man to make a difference in a sport like baseball and much less in a campaign as long as it is the big leagues.The Oakland Athletics seem to be a fixed to be in last place in the division, is a team that is preparing their bags and move to Las Vegas, apparently they prefer to strengthen their minor league players and make a good investment when the time comes to move and thus become a contending team, but for the 2024 campaign they will surely return to lose about 100 games and be one of the worst teams in the big leagues, it is sad that a team with so much tradition and that dominated the tournament in the late 80's have let it fall so much, now we have to wait if things change when they are in Las Vegas, undoubtedly this western division should be in the hands of the Astros closely followed by Texas and in third place the Mariners, hopefully there will be surprises because I like that and more in this sport.
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Muy buenn análisis de los 5 equipos que componen la división del oeste, esperemos el inicio de la temporada para ver cómo arrancan, por ahora suerte para todos, los mejores seguirán siendo la excepción y excelencia, te seguiré leyendo, saludos
Que bueno verte por mi publicación y mucho más que hayas comentado. Lo valoro mucho
El gusto es mio, valoro cada trabajo que se hace con el corazón, feliz día, saludos
En un gusto conocer a hivers de gran calidad como usted amiga @neilamarcano
Gracias por su aprecio y estima, saludos
Como siempre, estimado amigo, minucioso y criterioso análisis, de lo que se vendrá en la campaña 2024.
Agradecemos, que cubra esta disciplina deportiva, que genera emociones en muchos. ¡Gracias por ello!
Sigamos generando interacción.
Saludos y buen fin de semana.
Igualmente para usted mi estimado y respetado amigo
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Según PECOTA, no es tan insólito que los Rangers de Texas estén proyectados para "solo" 86 victorias, porque ganaron 90 el año anterior, bastante estropeado con muchas cosas saliendo bien, pero, para esta campaña contarán con actuaciones limitadas de Seager, algo que de entrada ya influye de manera negativa al monarca defensor.