Nobody bats a thousand, and that's especially true when it comes to guessing how a season will play out. Let's look back at what we got right, what we nearly got right and what we got completely wrong.
As strange as the Giants’ hire of Tennessee coach Tony Vitello to be their new manager may seem, it can be argued that it was an inevitable outcome in a baseball industry that is increasingly cohesive and in a developmental environment that has been rapidly accelerated. The college game Vitello left behind and the Major League game he’s entering have never been more closely intertwined.
Each of the 12 first-time candidates on the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame writers' ballot had at least one season in which they performed at a Hall of Fame level.
After going to the postseason for the first time last season with the Cubs, Brad Keller realized, “That’s something I want to do, year in and year out. And I feel like Philly gives you a really good opportunity for that.”
