Signing Justin Upton to a contract extension will help. Unfortunately, the Halos still finished with a losing record. Los Angeles did hang in the American League Wild Card race for most of the year. But in what’s become an all too common theme, we didn’t get to see Trout in the postseason. 303/.442/.629, hit 33 home runs, and further cemented his status as baseball’s best player. The Los Angeles Angels’ centerfielder slashed at. But before we go making that prediction, it’s important to remember that no team has repeated since the New York Yankees’ 1998-2000 three-peat.Īngels still need to do more for Mike Troutĭespite playing in only 114 games, 2017 was another fantastic season for Trout.
The Astros certainly have the tools to repeat in 2018. Like Houston will be in 2018, the Cubs were set up well to repeat in 2017. But after upending the Washington Nationals in the NLDS, the Cubs were no match for the Dodgers in the NLCS. Just reaching the playoffs made Chicago the most successful defending champ in five years. As such, the Cubs hung in the NL Central race through what was a fairly bland first half, then ran away with the division with a strong second half. Let the plight of the 2017 Chicago Cubs be a lesson to the 2018 Astros.Ĭhicago was fortunate to be playing in a fairly mediocre division in the first half. But from the beginning of the season through the World Series, the 2017 MLB season was dominated by the long ball. Time will tell if this is a short-term trend, or the way that baseball is headed for the foreseeable future.
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