Every year features its share of surprise teams. Last year the Twins won 103 games, up from 78 the season before. On the flip side, the defending world champion Red Sox dipped from 108 wins in 2018 to a playoff-less, 84-win season in 2019. With that example in mind, which team is going to surprise in all the wrong ways this year? SI's MLB staff weighs in:
Tom Verducci: Washington Nationals
Gravity is a powerful force.
Start with this: the past 10 defending world champions won an average of 11 fewer games after their title season.