The American League West was baseball’s best division last year in total WAR, but 2019 looks very, very different. The Athletics won’t win 97 games again… unless they do (which will cause every sabermatrician to freak out). Meanwhile, the Angels are a little better, Seattle is a lot worse, Texas remains terrible, and the Astros are no longer a superteam (but they’ll come in first). Plus – the great Bobby Grich and the Hall’s second basemen problem.
