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It's Opening Day, and there is no better way to wrap up our look at the baseball season than by making a few educated guesses.

Next up on our path to Opening Day is the land where all roads lead to Motor City.

Our road to Opening Day takes us to Texas, Washington, and Mike Trout's second act.

Brotherly love runs deep in Atlanta as the countdown to Opening Day continues.

Why big stars and big bats will lead the Tigers and Yankees to the American League Championship Series.

After a season that made very little sense, we predict the Baltimore Orioles will continue to defy reason and beat the Texas Rangers.

Breaking down the winners, the losers, and every award-winning performance before they even happen.

After five decades of existence in D.C. and in Texas without winning a single pennant, the Rangers have stormed to the World Series in each of the past two seasons. More impressively, this is a team with success that's built to last. Through shrewd d...

Let's get a few things out of the way first. There's a good chance Albert Pujols doesn't earn out the $240 million the Angels will pay him over the next 10 years, at least not directly. Also, one player rarely turns a merely decent team into a title ...

They might not win much, might not score many runs, might not get much national attention. But the Oakland A's are going to be interesting this year. For that, they can thank Yoenis Cespedes. Stick your small sample sizes in your ear: In the seven...

Writing up the Mariners now might seem a little unfair, given they've already played two regular-season games. But check out these two box scores — do they tell us anything we couldn't have guessed about this team beforehand? Dustin Ackley h...

One of the top 15 players in the game in Troy Tulowitzki. A young star entering his age-27 season in Carlos Gonzalez. A potential future ace in Jhoulys Chacin. Plus ... Jamie Freaking Moyer! The offseason relocation of Grantland's baseball headqua...

So that happened. Frank McCourt's $2 billion sale of the Dodgers to a consortium led by Mark Walter, Stan Kasten, and Magic Johnson should eventually prompt a big spending spike for a team that fell to middle-of-the-pack status in major league pay...

In 2011, no team underperformed its expected record by a wider margin than San Diego. The Padres scored just 18 runs fewer than they allowed, netting an expected record of 79-83; they went 71-91 instead. With a young nucleus led by Mat Latos, Cameron...

The Diamondbacks finished dead last in 2009 and 2010. Then they hired Kevin Towers as new GM and Kirk Gibson as new manager. Presto, D-Backs win the West. Well, not quite. Going by runs scored and runs allowed, the 2010 club would have been expect...

Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy have teamed up to assassinate the Giants' offense. The league's second-best pitching staff might be golfing in October as a result. The $126 million contract Sabean (and his bosses) gave Barry Zito five-plus years ago ...