[30 stars to watch] The priest challenges the status of the king of the West! Can the Mariners return to the playoffs this year?

As the new season is approaching step by step, but 30 teams are crowded with stars, don't know where to start in the 2021 season? The new series of articles will help you "focus"!

Padres

The 2021 major league spring training is officially launched. I believe that those who are subscribing to the Padres official community, seeing the photos released recently, must be surprised by the luxurious pitching lineup. It's not unreasonable that the Padres have been rated as the most successful team to reinforce this offseason. After the upgrade of their combat power, they are the top players in the league in terms of shooting and playing. Let's take a look.

The Padres were once considered a bad team for thousands of years. It was not until the last season that they finally broke into the playoffs again in 14 years. This was due to the chemical reaction on the offensive side, the most notable being Manny Macha A healthy competition between Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr.. Last year, Machado had the second-highest .304 batting rate of his career and 16 home runs, ranking third in the annual MVP vote.

The performance of Tatis with 17 homers and 45 RBIs last year, coupled with a desperate positive attitude, is one of the main reasons for the "Slam Diego" craze last year in San Diego. Can be called the most popular star. According to reports, the priest has signed a 14-year $340 million contract to bind Tatis and is very optimistic about his future value.

In addition, during the off-season, the Padres also signed a strong infielder Kim Ha Sung from South Korea. Kim Ha Sung has been a frequent visitor to the South Korean team in recent years. What kind of performance he can perform in the masters of the Padres team, I believe Asian fans are very concerned.

Last year, the priests’ self-report rate was 3.68, ranking third in the League of Nations, which is actually quite good, but compared with the 3.02 self-reported Dodge, there is still a big gap. In order to compete with the hiding army in the same district, the priests also greatly strengthened their combat power against the starting pitchers. They signed the Celeron strong voter Blake Snell and Darby, who almost won the Celeron Award Have.

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Don’t forget,Among the starting pitchers, there was also Dinelson Lamet, who started 12 games last year and surrendered a 2.09 SR. This lineup definitely made his opponent shiver!

Mariners

The only team that has not participated in the World Series and has not made the playoffs for nearly 20 years. Who is more sad than the Seattle Mariners? Having said that, there are still some players worthy of our attention for the Mariners in 2021.

In terms of strikes, although veteran Kyle Seager's performance is not impressive, he has a single-season performance of more than 20 bangs from 2012 to 2019. The stable long play and third base defense have made him already Become the spiritual leader of sailors.

The 25-year-old outfielder Kyle Lewis, who won the rookie king last year, is a rising star among the sailors. Last year, he scored .262 batting rate and 11 bangs. The energetic performance of the game is very rewarding, and it is optimistic that this year will evolve the long-term strength of more than 20 bombs in a single season.

As for pitchers, James Paxton, who suffered from injury last year, returned to the club at the beginning of his career. He had a very good self-report rate in previous years, but last year he only won 1 win with the Yankees The accountability rate soared to 6.64. Returning to the familiar Seattle, looking forward to regaining his past ace skills.

Another pitcher worth paying attention to is the Japanese left-hander Kikuchi, who was in the major leagues at first, but did not cast the results that everyone expected. However, the Mariners have retrieved their former pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma as special coach this year. He once stated that his first task is to help Kikuchi regain his former professional baseball skills in Japan.

Although the Mariners are still not optimistic about making the playoffs this year, but with the athletes and astronauts lineup not as good as in previous years, perhaps the Mariners are suitable for a wave in the 2021 season.

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