En primer lugar, les quiero hablar de los Orioles de Baltimore, un equipo que en la temporada pasada era candidato a ser uno de los que perdiera más de 100 juegos, y que termino con registro de 83 ganados y 79 derrotas y quedo a tan solo tres juegos por detrás de Tampa, que al final fue el tercer comodín de la liga Americana, este año ya se verán con un rostro diferente, quizás no para ser contendientes directos por el banderín, pero si lograran buena cantidad de victorias, su roster estará reforzado y con peloteros que ahora tendrán mayor experiencia, Adley Rutschman y James McCann serán los receptores que guiaran a los lanzadores, sus principales pichers son: Kyle Gibson, Cole Irvin, Kyle Bradish, Dean Kremer, Grayson Rodríguez, Félix Bautista, Cionel Pérez, Bryan Baker, Mychal Givens, y Austin Voth, estos lanzadores se ven de bastante ayuda para este conjunto.

En la ofensiva los Oropéndolas tendrán buenos bates que de seguro van a traer buena cantidad de empujadas, Ryan Mountcastle, Adam Frazier, Ramón Urías, Gunnar Henderson, Austin Hays, Nomar Mazara, Cedric Mullins, Anthony Santander, Kyle Stowers y Jorge Mateo, siendo los cuatro últimos peloteros mencionados los de mayor peso en el line up de manager Brandon Hyde, veremos que hará este joven equipo, si repetirá lo de la zafra pasada o si, por lo contrario, bajaran su nivel y nos harán ver que lo de la temporada pasada fue un espejismo.

The exhibition games in the spring camps of the major leagues have begun, first they were internal games, that is, two teams of the members of the roster of a particular team were made, for example, of those present at the training camps by the Mets made two teams that faced each other last Wednesday, but since this weekend they began to face other teams, by the way, the new rules that were announced by the MLB are already being implemented, including the stopwatch, but this is a topic that I plan to touch on in other publications, today I want to review the teams of the Eastern division of the American League.

First of all, I want to talk about the Baltimore Orioles, a team that last season was a candidate to be one of the teams that lost more than 100 games, and finished with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses and was only three games behind Tampa, which in the end was the third wild card of the American League, This year they will have a different face, maybe not to be direct contenders for the pennant, but they will achieve a good amount of victories, their roster will be reinforced and with players who now have more experience, Adley Rutschman and James McCann will be the catchers who will guide the pitchers, their main pitchers are: Kyle Gibson, Cole Irvin, Kyle Bradish, Kyle Bradish, Dean Kremer, Grayson Rodriguez, Felix Bautista, Cionel Perez, Bryan Baker, Mychal Givens, and Austin Voth, these pitchers look to be quite helpful for this set.

On offense the Oropéndolas will have good bats that will surely bring a good amount of runs, Ryan Mountcastle, Adam Frazier, Ramón Urías, Gunnar Henderson, Austin Hays, Nomar Mazara, Cedric Mullins, Anthony Santander, Kyle Stowers and Jorge Mateo, The last four players mentioned are the most important ones in the lineup of manager Brandon Hyde, we will see what this young team will do, if they will repeat what they did last season or if, on the contrary, they will lower their level and make us see that last season was a mirage.

The opposite of what happened to the Orioles, happened to the team led by manager Alex Cora, they were firm candidates to be in the post-season and finished last in the standings, with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 21 games behind their great rivals, the New York Yankees and 8 games away from the third wild card, They were a real disappointment, but this year they say they are coming for at least one of the wild cards, to achieve that they will count on Corey Kluber, Nick Pivetta, Chris Sale, James Paxton, as 4 great starters, who have shown total dominance in the league, while in relief will be: Garrett Whitlock, John Schreiber, Chris Murphy and for the closers Zack Kelly and Kenley Jansen, while on offense the ones that stand out the most would be, Yu Chang, Bobby Dalbec, Rafael Devers, Justin Turner, Alex Vergudo, Enrique Hernandez and Masataka Yoshida, this last one the best acquisition of the red pati, I am sure that with these ballplayers, manager Cora, will manage to have a better campaign.

It is the turn of one of the teams with the cheapest payroll and that always manage to be in the playoffs, I am talking about the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that is managed by Kevin Cash, who is always criticized for his way of managing, but in the end gets positive results, this ninth will have in its roster players with a lot of talent and performance, Among them, Zach Eflin, Garrett Cleavinger, Tyler Glasnow, Josh Fleming and Venezuelan Yonny Chirinos, they will be in charge of opening games for this team, while Calvin Faucher, Andrew Kittredge, Jeffrey Springs, Shawn Armstrong and Jason Adam, will be fundamental in the Rays' bullpen.

Tampa's offense looks pretty strong, and they will count with great bats, Jonathan Aranda, Yandy Diaz, Wander Franco, Isaac Paredes, Randy Arozarena, Manuel Margot, Jose Siri and the Colombian Harold Ramirez, who will be the designated hitter of this team, last year Tampa ended up with the third wild card of the young circuit with a record of 86 wins by 76 setbacks, with that balanced pitching and good offense, no doubt they will be fighting again for one of the three wild cards of the American League.

The Toronto Blue Jays, with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses, were the runners-up in that division, behind the Yankees by seven games, and they took a total of six games from the second wild card, the Mariners, managed by John Schneider, They will have players of the stature of Kevin Gausman, Alek Manoah, Yusei Kikuchi, Jose Berrios and Chris Bassitt, as their mainstays in the long pitching or opener, Romano will again be their closer, in the offensive part they will again have great hitters of the league, Alejandro Kirk, Bo. Bichette, Cavan Biggio, Matt Chapman, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Whit Merrifield, Kevin Kiermaier and George Springer, without a doubt the Blue Jays will be the rivals of New York for the East division title, they are the most complete and have good reserves to compete, perhaps with a Verlander type starter, they would be the absolute favorites, but we will see what they do in the next 162 of the season. 

Finally the current champions of this division, the New York Yankees, finished the regular round with 99 wins and 63 losses, again they will be managed by Aaron Boone, who is determined to reach the World Series and win it, since that trophy has eluded this team for some years, they have had great teams, but this year it seems that they are stronger in terms of pitching, Gerrit Cole, Domingo German, Frankie Montas, Luis Severino and Carlos Rodon as starters is a luxury, Any of them in another team can be the first in the rotation, and to think that the Cuban Cortes is injured, they also have a fearsome offensive trident, Anthony Rizzo, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, these players can make the difference and turn games in favor of the Yankees, without a doubt this team should be again the division champion and candidate to win 100 or more games, we will read soon in new publications and walks in the remaining divisions of the big leagues.