Just like Jesus, Baseball is rising on Easter Sunday with the Rangers visiting the Astros which just joined the American League West. Already half the Yankee's are crippled, the Toronto Marlins are expected to run away with the AL East, and the defending World Series Champions are not even expected to make the playoffs, despite returning all 8 position starters from last year.
In Anaheim, fans are worried that Pablo Sandoval may be influencing Trout as he put on 20+ pounds during the offseason, and in LA the Dodgers are going to be down Hanley Ramriez for 2 months after a WBC thumb injury.
In the AL Central, the Royals are all in after trading for James Shields, the Tigers have Victor Martinez back, giving the team 3 DH's to squeeze in the field while Miggy goes to defend his Triple Crown title from last year. In the NL Central, security is tight around Dusty Baker as rumor has it Headspace has a hit planted on him for allowing the Cuban Missile to close again instead of putting him in the starting rotation. Since that decision, two starters have gone down with injuries, which pushes the Dusty odds to 7 pitchers injured this year. Despite all this, the Reds should win the Central and proceed to lose every home playoff game again, thus guaranteeing Dusty gets a contract extension till 2020.
Now for some pics, spoilered for huge.
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