MLB 2017: American League West Rankings
By Jason Evans
We continue our MLB 2017 division rankings with the American League West.
We are halfway home as we continue our MLB 2017 division rankings. We’ve already looked at the AL East and Central, and today we are going to take a look at what could be a wild, wild American League West.
The Oakland Athletics could be interesting if a couple of their younger pitchers take the next step and Sonny Gray returns to his former self.
The Seattle Mariners are going to need name-tags during Spring Training with all the moves Jerry Dipoto has made this offseason. The core of Robinson Cano, Kyle Seager and Nelson Cruz is still there, along with the addition of Jean Segura.
The Angels still have Mike Trout, so they are MLB.tv-worthy all year long because of that. GM Billy Eppler has added some quality pieces in Luis Valbuena, Cameron Maybin and Danny Espinosa, but there are a ton of pitching questions.
The Texas Rangers have lost a lot of offense this offseason with Ian Desmond and Carlos Beltran. Can young players like Jurickson Profar and Joey Gallo step up to ease that loss or will they add someone like Mike Napoli or Chris Carter, who are free agents?
Houston is going to be a problem in the AL West. Alex Bregman and Yulieski Gurriel for a full season along with the additions of Beltran, Josh Reddick and Brian McCann this offseason. Do they have enough arms to get them back to the playoffs, though?
Let’s go around the West to see who will win this.