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This just in: It’s early. “And now you’re just talking about, well, who’s the king of the gods?” But that brings us to the ultimate question, the one that will hang over this entire season as Ohtani approaches free agency. “I think he’s a really fascinating case,” said one rival exec, “in the sense that he’s a guy who was turning down $400 million. It’s not just “no.” It’s “hell, no.” Games vs. winning teams* TEAM 2023 2022 DIFFERENCE Red Sox 93 106 -13 Blue Jays 81 88 -7 Yankees 80 86 -6 Rays 79 83 -4 Orioles 79 82 -3 So with all those games against the AL East behemoths subtracted from the schedule, is it possible four AL East teams could make the playoffs? “That would not surprise me at all,” said one AL East exec, “because everybody’s playing each other less, and they’re all really good teams.” So you think that’s unlikely, huh?

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