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Estuve revisando los roster de los 30 conjuntos que componen el mejor béisbol del mundo, y vaya que hay unos que resaltan, en la división del este de la liga Americana, hay tres equipos con jugadores de ofensivas comprobadas, las Medias Rojas de Boston, Azulejos de Toronto y los Yankees de New York, por ejemplo, los pati rojos cuentan con peloteros de la talla de Rafael Devers, que es capaz de dar más de 30 jonrones y empujar 100 carreras, además del dominicano están: Alex Verdugo, David Hamilton, Adalberto Mondesi, Adam Duvall, Enrique Hernández y el ex Dodgers Justin Turner, todos ellos capaces de batear con hombres en bases y generar carreras.
Es que si Boston tiene buena ofensiva, lo de Toronto es de temer, solamente con tener el lujo de un excelente receptor defensivo como Alejandro Kirk es una ventaja, a eso le sumamos que el año pasado estuvo bateando sobre 300 puntos, eso le da más valor, pero es que no es solo el mexicano, con los Azulejos están: Bo. Bichette, Cavan Biggio, Matt Chapman, Vladímir Guerrero Jr., Whit Merrifield, Kevin Kiermaier y George Springer, todos estos toleteros con la habilidad con el madero y que pueden voltear un juego en cualquier momento.
Weeks go by and the opening day of the 2023 season in the major leagues is closer, for many the long wait is about to come to an end, from the moment the Houston Astros were crowned as the champions of last season, a wait that is about to end began, in a post I made a few days ago, I was looking at who were the teams with the best pitching in the major leagues, and today it is the turn of the offense, and there are some teams that have real offensive arsenals, and that makes them favorites to be in the playoffs in October.
I was reviewing the roster of the 30 teams that make up the best baseball in the world, and there are some that stand out, in the Eastern division of the American League, there are three teams with proven offensive players, the Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees, for example, the Reds have players like Rafael Devers, who is capable of giving more than 30 home runs and push 100 runs, in addition to the Dominican are: Alex Verdugo, David Hamilton, Adalberto Mondesi, Adam Duvall, Enrique Hernandez and former Dodgers Justin Turner, all of whom are capable of hitting with men on base and generating runs.
If Boston has a good offense, Toronto is to be feared, just having the luxury of an excellent defensive catcher like Alejandro Kirk is an advantage, to that we add that last year he was batting over 300 points, that gives him more value, but it is not only the Mexican, with the Blue Jays are: Bo. Bichette, Cavan Biggio, Matt Chapman, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Whit Merrifield, Kevin Kiermaier and George Springer, all these hitters with the ability with the wood and can turn a game at any time.
Un equipo bien bravo con el madero, son los de Atlanta, los aborígenes de la ciudad antes mencionada, tienen como decimos aquí en Venezuela, un carro de leña, los Bravos tienen una tórrida ofensiva, que para suerte de ellos cuentan con el factor de la juventud, un Travis d’Arnaud, Sean Murphy, Ozzie Albies, Matt Olson, Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr., Michael Harris II, Jordan Luplow, Eddie Rosario y a Marcell Ozuna, los de Atlanta parecen tener todas las posiciones del line up completamente blindadas, y con material en la reserva para hacer mucho daño al picheo rival.
Del Este ahora nos vamos al Oeste de la Nacional, con unos Ángeles Dodgers que no dejan de blindar su ofensiva, pese a la ida de Turner y la de Seager hace una campaña, defenderán su título divisional con los de: Will Smith, Freddie Freeman, Gavin Lux, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts, David Peralta y al veterano, pero muy rendidor J.D. Martínez, este equipo conjuntamente con los Padres de San Diego deberían dominar de punta a punta esta división, ya que no veo a los demás equipos que están en el Oeste con esa capacidad de batear como la de los Ángeles y la de los Padres, quizás unos Gigantes luchen por estar a ese nivel, pero dudo que lo logren.
It is the turn of a team that is not only the strongest, offensively speaking in the East division, it is one of the most powerful of all the major leagues, to count again for this season with the most valuable of the American league, Aaron Judge, is a factor that not everyone can count on, besides Judge, they have DJ LeMahieu, Anthony Rizzo, Gleyber Torres, Giancarlo Stanton and the young promise Oswaldo Cabrera, players of proven offense throughout their MLB careers.
A very brave team with the lumber, are the Atlanta, the natives of the aforementioned city, have as we say here in Venezuela, a firewood cart, the Braves have a torrid offense, which fortunately for them have the factor of youth, a Travis d'Arnaud, Sean Murphy, Ozzie Albies, Matt Olson, Austin Riley, Ronald Acuña Jr, Michael Harris II, Jordan Luplow, Eddie Rosario and Marcell Ozuna, Atlanta seems to have all the positions of the lineup completely armored, and with material in reserve to do a lot of damage to the opposing pitching.
From the East we now go to the West of the National League, with the Los Angeles Dodgers who continue to armor their offense, despite the departure of Turner and Seager a season ago, they will defend their divisional title with the likes of: Will Smith, Freddie Freeman, Gavin Lux, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts, David Peralta and the veteran, but very productive J. D. Martinez, this team together with the Dodgers, will have to defend their divisional title with: Will Smith, Freddie Freeman, Gavin Lux, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts, David Peralta and the veteran, but very productive J. D. Martinez. D. Martinez, this team together with the San Diego Padres should dominate this division from start to finish, since I do not see the other teams in the West with the batting ability of the Angels and the Padres, maybe some Giants will fight to be at that level, but I doubt they will make it.
I want to finish this top of teams with powerful offenses, with the current major league champion, the Houston Astros, a sidereal team with names that make other teams tremble, despite departures like Carlos Correa, Yuli Gurriel, they still have the Venezuelan Jose Altuve, Jose Abreu, Alex Bregman, Jeremy Pena, Chas McCormick, Kyle Tucker, Yordan Alvarez, Michael Brantley and David Hensley, maybe they have some weakness at catcher, The American West will have a good offense, not as good as the East, but the Mariners, Texas and Anaheim are going to give a lot of hits, the one that seems to be out of all that offensive party, are the Athletics, we will see what happens throughout a campaign of 6 months and 132 games, I hope you like this publication and we will read each other in future publications.
