En cada una de las seis divisiones, hay favoritos, favoritismo que ha salido de una serie de análisis por parte de los expertos del béisbol, o lo que ahora se conoce como la sabermetria, pero hasta la estadística más avanzada puede fallar a la hora de hacer proyecciones en los deportes profesionales y mucho más cuando están en un nivel tan alto como el de las grandes ligas, lo bonito de los inicios de temporada, es que cada uno de los 30 equipos saltan al terreno en iguales condiciones, pero solo los mejores estructurados lograran avanzar a los play-offs o una eventual Serie Mundial, por eso la importancia que tienen los gerentes en la temporada muerta, realmente allí es donde se construyen los equipos ganadores.

Esos movimientos de los que hablo, se pueden evidenciar desde el primer día de la campaña, unos Mellizos que decidieron cambiar al campeón bate de la liga Americana, Luis Arráez, para poder traer a uno de los pichers más dominantes de la Nacional durante la campaña del 2022, Pablo López, le trajo sus frutos desde el primer juego de la campaña, ya que el venezolano fue el abridor del primer juego de la temporada, y en 5 episodios no permitió carreras, lo que realmente es una gran noticia para su equipo, pero es que los Marlins pueden decir lo mismo, porque Arráez duplico con el madero, además de empujar carrera, y ni hablar de lo que hizo Aarón Judge en su primer juego con los Yankees, luego de firmar el super contrato multianual.

The emotions in the big leagues have begun, we will have 162 regular round games where we will give way to the wonderful series for the wild card, in these series have generated more than one surprise, and not to mention the divisional series, where great teams have fallen, all this I have mentioned, is only the preamble to the championship series of both leagues, The icing on the cake is the World Series, but to get there we have to wait 6 months, but with the passage of weeks and days things can happen and turn the predictions that have been made so far, and that's what really excites this sport. 

In each of the six divisions, there are favorites, favoritism that has come out of a series of analyses by baseball experts, or what is now known as sabermetrics, but even the most advanced statistics can fail when it comes to making projections in professional sports and even more so when they are at such a high level as the major leagues, The beauty of the early season is that each of the 30 teams take the field in equal conditions, but only the best structured teams will advance to the playoffs or an eventual World Series, that is why the importance of managers in the dead season, really that is where the winning teams are built. 

Those moves of which I speak, can be evidenced from the first day of the campaign, a Twins who decided to change the American League bat champion, Luis Arráez, in order to bring one of the most dominant hitters in the National League during the 2022 campaign, Pablo López, brought its fruits from the first game of the campaign, The Venezuelan was the starter in the first game of the season, and in 5 episodes he allowed no runs, which is really great news for his team, but the Marlins can say the same, because Arráez doubled with the lumber, besides pushing runs, and not to mention what Aaron Judge did in his first game with the Yankees, after signing the multi-year super contract.

In previous years the season starts were made by some teams, but as you can see in the image, this 2023 campaign is starting with everything, all 30 teams entered Play the same day, and there are some commitments that generate interest from the first day of the campaign, an example would be the clash between the Toronto Blue Jays against the St. Louis Cardinals, Both teams are called to be in the playoffs in October, they look solid in many aspects of the game, and unless a catastrophe occurs, they should have no problems in accessing those instances of the championship, in addition to this game, the amount of good pitchers who were present in this open day is striking.

Openers of the stature of Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom and Blake Snell graced the first day of activities in the best baseball in the world, Texas, Yankees, Mets, Mariners, Braves and Dodgers, asserted their favoritism and prevailed against their rivals, in other games were lost work of pitchers that was outstanding, As was the case of the work of the Anaheim Angels' phenom Shohei Ohtani, who dominated the Athletics during his presence on the mound, but in the end the Angels lost that game, but this has just begun and the Japanese-born pitcher will have new opportunities to win games and collaborate with the victories of the Anaheim Angels.

This campaign that is just beginning has a special touch for us Venezuelans, since it is the last as an active player of Miguel Cabrera, with extraordinary numbers, as shown in the image, these statistics have assured him a place in the Hall of Fame for 2029, remember that after retiring he must wait about 5 years to appear on the ballots of the voters, That would be in 2028, but the ceremony itself, will be for 2029, yesterday Cabrera gave a double, hit with force and authority, which was his 1089th hit of his career, possibly and if he is healthy, this year he could reach 3200 hits and about 515 homers, something that would keep him with an average of 300 points throughout his successful career.

Another player who announced his departure as an active player, is the right-handed pitcher who belongs to the St. Louis Cardinals, Adam Wainwright, who has always played with the Redbirds, his numbers are quite good, he was also present in the recently completed World Baseball Classic, Wainwright lifetime has 195 wins and 117 losses, with 3. 38 of effectiveness, with a total of 457 games in which he has seen action, 390 as a starter, 67 games as a reliever, hence he has 3 games saved, accumulates 2567.1 episodes, 2567.1 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.22, surely he will take votes for the hall of fame, but I do not think it will be enough to enter, or maybe not in the first years of eligibility, they are two players who are leaving and will leave their mark for their great careers, so we must follow their performances throughout this season.

This season we expect more offensive presence, since with the modifications and implementation of new rules, we will see a greater number of steals, which will favor players like Ronald Acuña Jr. and Mookie Betts, fast players who like to steal bases, while the elimination of the defensive shift, will give more opportunity for players to connect hits and bring in runs, Max Muncy and Aaron Judge himself will surely push more runs than last season, Now we will see which pitchers are really dominant in the major leagues, maybe we will return to the torrid batting of the 90's, or, on the contrary, the pitching could keep the bats of both leagues dominated, now we just have to enjoy the 161 games that remain of the MLB regular round.