Toronto Blue Jays

The best outcome for the Toronto Blue Jays most years is 3rd in the AL East and in those “most years” they had Roy Halladay. Without him, they're going to be battling all they can to avoid finishing last. They aren't even such a bad team, they just happen to be in the division where they have to play the Rays, the Red Sox and the Yankees (all predicted to have 90+ wins) a tota ...

Washington Nationals

When you are a generally a lock to finish bottom of your division and your offseason signings include Adam Kennedy, Jason Marquis and Ivan Rodriguez then history is probably going to repeat itself. Although they do have some good young players and an ownership willing to open their check book, in all reality they are years away from contending in the NL East. With this in m ...

Kansas City Royals

Billy Butler, David DeJesus and Zack Greinke – that represents three positives for the Royals organization. Sadly, that's the only three positives in what must be the worst run franchise in baseball – it's the club where mediocre players go to die. In the middle of last season, they traded for shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt who wound up having the lowest OBP of anyone in the m ...

Pittsburgh Pirates

Next to the Cubs' World Series drought, it has to be the most overused statistic in baseball but I'll just remind everyone that the Pirates haven't had a winning season since 1992. In 1992, the Arizona Diamondbacks didn't exist and they've already won a World Series; neither did the Florida Marlins and they have won two. Questionable draft picks, equally questionable money t ...

Los Angeles Angels

In the last six years the Angels have been AL West winners five times, the only other time they finished second. In four of those five seasons they won the division by at least six games and you have to go back to 2003 for the last time they won less than 89 games. But if John Lackey leaving for Boston wasn't bad enough they also lost Chone Figgins, Vladimir Guerrero and Darr ...