Baseball is back, and outside of a couple of games down under, the regular season begins next week.
While all teams and their fans have hope in March, some teams look a lot better than others heading into the season.
To come up with the power rankings before the season starts, we took into consideration each team's PECOTA projections (a calculation from Baseball Prospectus that is based on the projected stats for all players), how the teams performed last year, and what they did this offseason.
1. Los Angeles Dodgers (92 wins last year)
Previous Ranking: 1
PECOTA Projected Wins: 100
Las Vegas Wins Over/Under (via Bovada.lv): 93
Consensus Offseason Grade: B
Key Additions: 2B Alexander Guerrero, SP Dan Haren
Key Losses: SP Ricky Nolasco, 2B Mark Ellis
2. St. Louis Cardinals (97 wins last year)
Previous Ranking: 2
PECOTA Projected Wins: 89
Las Vegas Wins Over/Under: 90.5
Consensus Offseason Grade: A
Key Additions: SS Jhonny Peralta, 2B Mark Ellis
Key Losses: OF Carlos Beltran, RP Edward Mujica, RP John Axford
3. Washington Nationals (86 wins last year)
Previous Ranking: 4
PECOTA Projected Wins: 89
Las Vegas Wins Over/Under: 89.5
Consensus Offseason Grade: B+
Key Additions: SP Doug Fister, OF Nate McLouth
Key Losses: SP Dan Haren
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