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Way-too-early 2021 MLB Power Rankings: What's next for Dodgers, Rays and all 30 teams
Sure, the 2020 season just ended. No, we haven't a clue how the offseason will play out. We're ranking all 30 MLB teams for next year anyway.
2021 MLB draft order set by 2020 standings
With no changes because of the shortened season, the Pirates will pick first, followed by the Rangers.
TOP HEADLINES
My son couldn't go to a Mets game this year -- so I sent him to all of them
KBO PLAYOFFS
STARTS 1 A.M. ET SUNDAY ON ESPNEWS
Next stop, MLB? Five players to watch in the KBO playoffs
The road to the Korea Series begins Sunday. For some of the league's biggest stars, a trip to the big leagues could soon follow.
WHITE SOX HIRE TONY LARUSSA
Hiring Tony La Russa? Debatable. The way the White Sox did it? Outrageous
Whether or not La Russa can do the job in Chicago at age 76 has nothing to do with what makes his hiring so troublesome.
HINCH TO MANAGE TIGERS
What does AJ Hinch to Detroit mean? The Tigers (and the AL Central) just got a lot more interesting
Days after his season-long suspension ended, the Tigers turned to the former Astros skipper to speed up their rebuilding process.
WORLD SERIES DEEP DIVE
Which World Series is the best ever? We rank all 116 Fall Classics
The finale of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season goes up against the scandals, scapegoats, superstars and, yes, the Yankees of the past. Sam Miller judges every October since 1903.
Where do the Dodgers rank on list of World Series champs? Hint: They're near the top
We updated our rankings of baseball's champs to include the 2020 Dodgers, who are pretty high on the list.
SPORTS AND POLITICS
How does political perception differ from reality in American sports?
There's a complex contrast between a league's image and the politics of the people in charge.
How baseball made it through its best, worst and scariest season ever
WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
From Mookie's magic to Game 6 heroics: 10 moments that made Dodgers the World Series champs
L.A.'s title wasn't earned in an instant. From trading for Betts to nailing down the finale, we chart how the Dodgers reached the top.
Top Headlines
- Cubs decline option, but Lester hopes to return
- Indians lop off $30M, pass on Hand, Santanas
- Hinch joins Tigers, who called 'minutes' after WS
- ChiSox decline options on Encarnacion, Gonzalez
- Rangers turn down $18M option on Kluber for '21
- MLB owners OK Mets sale to billionaire Cohen
- Rays decline 2021 options on Morton, Zunino
- Offseason questions for Dodgers
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Looking ahead
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MLB Power Rankings, way-too-early edition: How Dodgers, Rays and all 30 teams stack up for 2021
Sure, the 2020 season just ended. No, we haven't a clue how the offseason will play out. We're ranking all 30 MLB teams for next year anyway.
Bizarre ending
- AP Photo/Eric Gay
World Series 2020: The oddest of World Series ends with the most 2020 moment of the season
Justin Turner's return to the field to celebrate with his Dodgers teammates after testing positive for COVID-19 is this bizarre baseball season -- and this year in America -- in a nutshell.
