Field of Vision

AMERICAN LEAGUE East 1. Boston Red Sox:  The Red Sox are reigning World Series Champions with no major losses that indicate a hangover. Their offense will naturally take a slight negative regression, but there's no doubt they make it back to the playoffs. 2. New York Yankees:  With arguably the best offense and bullpen in the league, the Yankees have great odds to win it all. Now that Severino's injured their starting rotation is the lone aspect holding them back. 3. Tampa Bay Rays: Last year, if the American League weren't so stacked, the Rays would've made the playoffs and made some noise. Now they'll have a full season with their trade deadline adds of last year. 4. Toronto Blue Jays: After the Rays, the American League East experiences a huge drop off. The Blue Jays should be thought as one of the worst teams in baseball. They lack consistent bats and pitching. 5. Baltimore Orioles: They're bad. Really bad. Central 1. Cleveland Indians:  

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In recent years, baseball has been going through a phase where teams either tank for a high draft pick or make a playoff push, right now, the Cardinal are the latter. Due to this trend, in order to make the playoffs, a team must be good at everything, and great at certain things. With that said, do the Cardinals have what it takes to make the playoffs in 2019? First, the formula for a playoff team must be defined. Take the 2018 World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox as an example, they had a solid starting pitching staff and a decent bullpen, but they also had one of the most dynamic offenses in recent memory. Last year, the Cardinals didn’t have a quality offense, while their offense helped them go on a few winning streaks, they also had several slumps as well. In addition to being inconsistent on offense, they had an abysmal bullpen. In almost any situation if their starting pitcher failed to make it relatively deep into the game, they had no chance of coming away wi