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MLB: Four Teams That Won’t Meet Their Hype in 2017

By Travis Koch

August 13, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) reacts after striking out in the first inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports
August 13, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) reacts after striking out in the first inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Richard Mackson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Hopes are always high throughout the MLB offseason. It takes the reality of the actual season to prove each team’s capabilities. We’ll see in 2017 that some teams will not amount to their offseason-driven hype.

The MLB offseason offers a time of much false hope and hype to many fan bases. It’s a time when every fan can make a case for their team to make the playoffs, or even go as boldly as to guarantee a World Series title. Unless you’re a Chicago Cubs fan or Boston Red Sox fan, you’d better slow your roll.

A number of teams are excluded from the postseason conversation before the season even starts–the Padres, White sox, and Reds just to name a few. There are teams in the gray area of playoff contention–the Tigers, Yankees, and Mariners are examples. And there are shoe-in playoff teams like the above mentioned Cubbies and Bo Sox.

Reality has it that a maximum of 15 teams could act as contenders in 2017. In fact, there is a possibility that the playoffs could be identical in 2017 to the teams that were on display in 2016. However, it’s uninteresting to envision a predetermined playoffs. Let’s shake things up a little.

The following entails four teams that will fall short of expectations in the upcoming season. Whether a result of overhype, missing pieces, or unfortunate standing, the playoff outlook may not be as obvious as it seems to be on February 11th of 2017.

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