MLB podcast: Spring training preview series - Part 3 (Middle-of-the-packers)
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In the third episode of our five-part spring training preview series, we're getting you ready for fake games by breaking down the 2019 outlook for the league's projected middle-of-the-pack teams, while identifying some notable players to watch throughout the Grapefruit and Cactus League seasons. Clubs discussed in this episode are:
- Tampa Bay Rays (hmm)
- Kansas City Royals (pfft)
- Oakland Athletics (ehhh)
- Philadelphia Phillies (...)
- Milwaukee Brewers ( ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
- Arizona Diamondbacks (meh)
Listen to Part 1 (Bottom-feeders) here.
Listen to Part 2 (Also-rans) here.
Fun flashback moment: Brewers' Yelich hits for cycle in 6-for-6 performance
HEADLINES
- Roberts: Ohtani will pitch at least 3-4 innings per start to begin season
- Phillies' Rojas has 80-game ban for failed drug test upheld
- Soto: Dominicans are 'best team' in world despite WBC loss to USA
- Judge: WBC 'bigger and better' than World Series
- Heat wave with triple-digit temps alters Cactus League schedule
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