Mark Kotsay gets another season of managing the worst team in baseball.

Luis Robert Jr. should be healthy for Opening Day after last season’s knee injury, but this is a team with holes throughout its lineup that made little improvement this offseason.

The Rockies lost 103 games last season and did nothing to fix their myriad of problems. In a stacked NL West, that’s the recipe for another rough season.

The Nationals are in full rebuilding mode once again this season.

Shohei Ohtani is gone. Anthony Rendon hardly wants to be there. Someone please save Mike Trout from this franchise.

The Pirates were a surprise team in the first half of last season, but eventually faded by June. This year, it should be another season near the bottom of the NL Central with a bunch of random veterans who will have people asking, “Wait, he’s on the Pirates now?” (See: Aroldis Chapman).

The Royals were smart to pay Bobby Witt Jr. because this franchise desperately needed a foundational star going forward. But it’s tough to be optimistic about a team that has no Top 50 prospects despite being so bad for so long.

The Tigers certainly have the young talent to be on the rise in 2024, but the weaknesses in the lineup are tough to overlook (ahem, Javier Baez).

The Marlins aren’t a good team, but they’re at least going to be pretty fun on occasion.

Frustrations with John Henry and the front office seem justified in Boston. After a disappointing 2023 season (last-place finish in the AL East), the Red Sox slashed payroll and saw Chris Sale (via trade), Justin Turner and Adam Duvall all leave this offseason.

Craig Counsell is out as manager. Corbin Burnes is on the Orioles. Devin Williams’ back issues will force him to miss significant time. Christian Yelich hasn’t played at an All-Star level since 2019. New manager Pat Murphy has his work cut out for him — that’s for sure.

The Mets went into last season with the hype to be World Series contenders and ended up being among baseball’s biggest disappointments. This year, the expectations are decidedly lower and owner Steve Cohen opted against overspending on marquee free agents. The Mets will be competitive, but they’ll certainly be chasing the Braves and Phillies in that division.

The Cardinals have the talent to be much better than what they showed in 2023, but that pitching staff remains a huge concern.

Elly De La Cruz is among baseball’s most electric young stars, and if he can show more consistency at the plate in his second MLB season, the Reds could be a surprise team. The young core is there.

The Padres offloaded a lot of talent this offseason with Juan Soto, Blake Snell and Josh Hader all landing with new clubs. But something had to change after 2023’s letdown. We’ll see if it was for the better.

The Guardians are more or less running it back with the group that won just 76 games in 2023.

The Giants knew that 2023’s effort wasn’t going to cut it in the NL West. And their additions of Matt Chapman and Blake Snell should shake up a competitive race with the Dodgers, Padres and D-backs (just pretend the Rockies aren’t there).

The Cubs got Cody Bellinger back to playing like an All-Star and managed to sign him to a three-year deal this offseason.

No team wants to lose a pitcher of Sonny Gray’s caliber, but Pablo Lopez is looking increasingly like an ace as he enters his prime.

Did the D-backs get hot at the right time in their surprise run to the World Series or are they are serious contenders once again in the NL? We’ll find out soon enough, and Corbin Carroll could compete for MVP this year. Paul Sewald’s oblique injury could pose some early issues for this bullpen, though.

Last season felt like just the beginning for a Mariners team with some serious staying power.

The Blue Jays made a run at Shohei Ohtani but couldn’t acquire the two-way star. Still, it’s easy to like a team that can build around Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Cy Young hopeful Kevin Gausman.

After a fourth-place finish in 2023, the Yankees went out and acquired Juan Soto to boost their lineup with Aaron Judge. But can the offense make up for a rotation that will be missing Gerrit Cole indefinitely?

The Phillies kept Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler and head into 2024 with a group that thrives in October. They’ll likely finish behind Atlanta again in the regular season, but nobody wants to go through Citizens Bank Park come playoff time (besides the D-backs apparently).

At this point, I just assume the Rays will win 90-plus games regardless of the roster.

They’re the World Series champions for a reason. This team is good and returns nearly the entire group that went on that title-winning run in 2023.

They’re young. They’re talented. They won an AL-best 101 games in 2023. But man, I would have loved to see top prospect Jackson Holliday start the season with Baltimore. Instead, he’ll begin 2024 in the minors.

The Astros are as consistent as it gets in today’s MLB, and we should expect more of the same in 2024. The addition of Josh Hader only makes that bullpen even better. Yordan Álvarez — who is only 26 (!!!) — could be a dark-horse to win AL MVP this year.

While the Shohei Ohtani story could evolve into a major distraction for the team, there is just so much talent across the board in that clubhouse. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Ohtani in one lineup will give pitchers nightmares.

On paper, the Braves are a team with no weaknesses. They put up historic power numbers in 2023 with arguably the best offense baseball has ever seen. The pitching only got better with the addition of Chris Sale. Can this ultra-talented team overcome two straight October disappointments? That’s the main question.