The 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks have disappointed thus far, but they still have what it takes to make the playoffs. With a late-season surge, the D'backs could eventually live up to their expectations.

Last year's World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers was an undeniably memorable seven-game showdown, easily the most entertaining Fall Classic since 2001's Yankees/DBacks...

Yesterday, I previewed the 2012 San Francisco Giants. They're a team with playoff aspirations, but they're coming off a pretty quiet offseason. Now I'll look at the 2012 San Diego Padres -- a team...

For those that watched the Giants struggle, game after game last season, to push runs across the plate, it may be easy to forget, but the 2010 Giants -- who, of course, brought home the...

So far in this series, I've looked at five clubs -- the Nationals, Jays, Rangers, Rays, and Cardinals. I'm doing this in reverse alphabetical order, but so far, it happens to be a pretty good...

Well, we're back. I was aiming to do one of these team previews a day, but it's rather difficult to keep up. Anyway, now we get to the defending champions: the St. Louis Cardinals. They just barely...

Back on September 3rd, the Tampa Bay Rays were nine games out of the wild card race. The Boston Red Sox collapsed, going 7-20 overall in the final month of the season, and the Rays took advantage....

In 2010, for the first time in a decade, the Texas Rangers won the AL West, finishing with a 90-72 record. They went on to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series, and...

Unlike the Washington Nationals, the Toronto Blue Jays had a relatively quiet offseason. In fact, they only brought in two players via free agency (three if you count Rick Vanden Hurk's...

(As we get back into the swing of things -- baseball season's coming soon! -- I'll be previewing the 2012 season for each team. I'll run through the teams in reverse alphabetical order...first up:...