Ranking all 30 MLB teams’ Opening Day lineups: Dodgers, Braves lead way, Rangers power up

Here’s how I rank the Opening Day lineups for all 30 teams as an intriguing season gets underway.
Fri, Apr 11
- MLB
Will Vlad Jr. join his dad in the Hall of Fame? How his early career numbers stack up
You’d be amazed by all the Hall of Famers who weren’t even close to Vladdy through age 25.
Players: - MLB
Weird & Wild: Jose Altuve strikes again, The 22-Walk Game, and one after another for Reds
If Terry Francona had known the Reds were planning to play a 1-0 game every freaking day, would he have come out of retirement?
Players:
Thu, Apr 10
- MLB
The Blue Jays have Vladimir Guerrero Jr. signed through 2039. So what do they do next?
The team now has a much clearer direction with their franchise player in the fold.
- NFL
Why I kept Octavio Dotel’s baseball card in my wallet: Meisel
One of the beautiful things about sports is that sometimes, we develop connections to random athletes for reasons we can't predict.
Wed, Apr 9
- MLB
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s Blue Jays extension includes a $325 million signing bonus
The Jays will pay out 65 percent of Guerrero’s 14-year-contract in signing bonus.
Players: - MLB
Ranking 11 recent MLB extensions: Which teams did the best deals? Who overpaid?
With so many deals this spring, I decided to rank 11 extensions from the club perspective — the best contracts to the riskiest ones.
- MLB
Octavio Dotel — the pitcher everybody wanted — left a legacy of strikeouts and smiles
Dotel, who played for 13 teams in his major-league career, died Tuesday after a roof collapse at a club in his native Dominican Republic.
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Tue, Apr 8
- MLB
MLB Power Rankings: Braves with a big drop; How about that NL West?
For this week's rankings, we look at one name that’s having an outsized impact on either present performance or our future expectations.