Sports Illustrated - USA (2020 - Spring)

61 NO TEAM IN major U.S. pro sports has gone longer than the Mariners without making the playoffs. Not the Cleveland Browns, not ...

BRAVES’ NEW WORLD Shortstop Dansby Swanson, 26, belongs to a young Braves core that has Atlanta well-positioned for a third stra ...

THE BRAV ES HAVE won two straight NL East championships, and they may just be getting started. They have a young core led by a p ...

64 A WORLD SERIES title has a way of conjuring up only happy images, so let’s remember that the Nationals were 19–31 in late May ...

65 THE METS HAVE had two managers since they last played a game. Carlos Beltrán, the team’s choice to replace Mickey Callaway, b ...

66 AFTER GM MATT KLENTA K rebuilt the lineup last offseason around rightfielder Bryce Harper, injuries ruined what was supposed ...

67 WE PICK ON the Mariners a lot, as the team with the longest playoff drought, dating back to 2001. The Marlins get less attent ...

ROARING TO GO Javier Báez leads a Cubs team determined to find its way back to the postseason after a disappointing finish last ...

WITH THE CHANCE to hit reset this offseason, the Cubs split the difference, firing the only manager alive to lead the team to a ...

70 FOR THE SECOND straight offseason, the Reds made aggressive moves to improve. They signed a pair of power hitters to four-yea ...

71 FEW TEAMS DID less this offseason than the Cardinals, who lost outfielder Marcell Ozuna to free agency and added just two pla ...

72 THE BREWERS HAVE been one of the game’s feel-good stories over the past two seasons, a small-market team whose owner, Mark At ...

73 THE PIRAT ES CUT the last ties to their mid- decade success this winter, firing manager Clint Hurdle and GM Neal Huntington a ...

BEST IN THE WEST Walker Buehler fronts a Dodgers rotation that will take a step back in 2020, but should be good enough to lead ...

THE DODGERS WATCHED the Padres and Diamondbacks each make a half-dozen improvements this offseason, burning money and talent to ...

76 ARIZONA HAS BEEN trying to do what the Brewers did: rebuild without tanking. It’s an admirable approach in an era when a $60 ...

77 WHILE THE PADRES didn’t make a monster free-agent signing along the lines of first baseman Eric Hosmer (in 2018) or third bas ...

78 IT’S NOT QUITE the end of an era, not with so many champions still in Giants uniforms, but the departure of Madison Bumgarner ...

79 AFTER TWO PLAYOFF seasons, the Rockies dropped to 71–91 last year, and they may not be done tumbling. Not only did the front ...

80 KOH JIR O (^) K INN O; (^) P HO TO ILL US TR ATI ON BY DA N (^) L ARK IN We’ve imagined what baseball will look like in 2030. ...