Baseball is awesome. It is easily my favorite sport, not just because of what goes on during the games, but the great (and sometimes hilarious) storylines that come with it. Here's some of the very best that will make for a tantalizing 2017 season and give everyone something to look forward to.

Arizona Diamondbacks - More like "Diamond-Zack's"

Although ace pitcher Zack Greinke was oft-injured and didn't have his best stuff in 2016, D-Backs fans can look forward to a return to form for the 33-year old right-hander as he tries to carry Arizona back into the NL West conversation. I mean they signed they pretty much signed their franchise's future on his back with the massive $157.5 million dollar contract they doled out to steal him from the archrival Dodgers last winter. No pressure!

Atlanta Braves - Southern Boy Swanson

The Braves young shortstop/phenom is the light at the end of their rebuilding tunnel. He already looks the part of a franchise cornerstone, and he's got some pretty sweet hair to go along with it. The flow game is too real.

Baltimore Orioles - Britton's Revenge

I mean the guy didn't miss a single save opportunity and had a 0.54 ERA and didn't even finish in the top three in Cy Young Award voting. No one is gonna play without a chip on their shoulder after a snub like that. Especially not when he's already arguably the best closer in baseball.

Boston Red Sox - Band Of B's

Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, and Jackie Bradley Jr. comprise one of MLB's most exciting tandems for the future. They'll help Boston get over losing David Ortiz, or Big Papi quickly enough.

Chicago Cubs - Does This One Even Need Explaining?

This team casually broke the longest standing curse in American sports history a few weeks ago. No biggie. And that Kris Bryant guy followed up his 2015 Rookie of the Year with an MVP trophy, so you could say he's having himself an enjoyable start to a career.

Chicago White Sox - Throwback Uniforms For Sale

The last time the South Siders tried making Chris Sale wear a throwback jersey, he turned it into a 1976 piece of Swiss cheese with some safety scissors. I can't wait to see whether or not they challenge his determination again, and if so, what he pulls out of the bag this time.

Cincinnati Reds - High Scoring Games

Well, mostly because their pitching is so bad that the other team feels like they are back in tee ball, but hey, they still got Joey Votto in Cincy.

Cleveland Indians - At Least We're Not Alone

In most years when a ballclub blew a three games to one lead in the World Series, it would be remembered as arguably the biggest choke in years. But in a year where the seemingly-invincible Golden State Warriors and Hillary Rodham Clinton did the same exact thing, the Tribe feel like an afterthought in the world of "blowing it".

Colorado Rockies - Why Do Pitchers Hate It Here?

No humidor is ever going to fix the fact that baseballs fly out of Coors Field faster than the collapse of Jeb Bush's presidential campaign. At least we haven't put a baseball team in that city below sea level (yet).

Detroit Tigers - Kate Upton Sells Tickets

It's simply a fact at this point; Tigers fans go to Justin Verlander's starts because they know that his supermodel girlfriend will be in the stands somewhere. I mean, can you blame them?

Houston Astros - Orbit

I absolutely love Orbit, the Astros mascot. He and the Philly Phanatic are in a tight race for baseball's best (and most hilarious) mascot. If I was in Houston, I'd hold season tickets just to see a full year of Orbit's pranks on the opposing team's players.

Miami Marlins - The Stadium Will Finally Be Full When The ASG Comes!

Well, some people think that Marlins Park is baseball's weirdest looking stadium, and while I like the design, I digress. It has a super weird fish-statue thing that pops up after every home run, and yes, there is an aquarium behind home plate. Gotta love baseball. So, you could say we picked the right place to host the All-Star Game.

Kansas City Royals - Is He Really Nicaraguan?

When you hear the name Cheslor Cuthbert, the Royals backup third baseman, your first thought probably isn't that he's from Latin America. At least, it wasn't mine. That's about as un-Hispanic of a name as a Hispanic guy can have. I'm allowed to say that, right?

Los Angeles Angels - Trout Fishing

I'll try to stay unbiased towards my favorite team, but come on, our short wall in left field is called the Trout Farm. Gotta love having the two-time and now defending AL MVP, Michael Nelson Trout.

Los Angeles Dodgers- That First TV Broadcast Is Gonna Be WEIRD.

A Dodgers game without Vin Scully on the call. Uh, good luck Joe Davis, you have some Shaquille O'Neal size shoes to fill on the blue half of LA.

Milwaukee Brewers - Pray That Manager Craig Counsell Takes BP

Anyone who watched a game in which now-Brewers manager Craig Counsell participated in during his playing days remembers him. Or you played MLB 12 The Show and got a solid chuckle every time he stepped to the plate. Counsell had arguably the weirdest batting stance in MLB history, and it truly is a sight to behold.

Minnesota Twins - Minneapolis Loves Young Talent

Come on, you can't tell me it's a coincidence that both the Twins and their Minneapolis NBA counterpart Timberwolves are both loaded with some of their respective league's best young players, right?

New York Mets - Avengers Assemble

I didn't get the trend until they were all in the Majors, but for some reason, Mets fans love nicknaming their players after superheroes in both the DC and Marvel Cinematic Universes. Noah Syndergaard/Thor's curveball really does "bring the hammer", and Matt Harvey/The Dark Knight will help out David Wright, or should I say Captain America?

New York Yankees - Ninja Turtles In The Front Row

This was easily the funniest protest against the establishment in 2016. No, not the DC career politicians, but rather, the New York Yankees, who only wanted well-off upstanding people in their front row seats, so they raised the prices past their already-exorbitant amounts. This move ended up backfiring big-time when a rich patron gave his tickets to a group of college students to protest this change if they would sit in those seats while wearing TMNT costumes on live TV, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Oakland Athletics - Sewage, Please Don't Leak!

The Oakland-Alameda Coliseum is gross. I'm sorry, but it's true. There's a reason both the NFL's Oakland Raiders and the A's are trying to skip town away from it as quickly as possible, and it is simply the fact that it is old, run down, and has a history of sewage leaks into the dugout. I was watching live as my beloved Angels fled the overflowing toilet pipes in their dugout in 2013, and even from afar I was disgusted. Maybe the city is trying sabotage? Perhaps that's why they won't give the funding for any new stadiums at all.

Philadelphia Phillies - Orbit's Competition

The Philly Phanatic is downright awesome. Even though the Phillies haven't had much success in recent years, Citizens Bank Park has been and will always be lit up with their mascot's antics.

Pittsburgh Pirates - Captain Cutch

Superstar center fielder Andrew McCutchen just didn't look himself in 2016. Here's to hoping he can get back to his former MVP ways and put some baseballs into the Allegheny River.

St. Louis Cardinals - Everyone Against Heyward

The Cardinals-Cubs rivalry was already extremely exciting to watch, and then last winter, star right fielder Jason Heyward rejected a return to the Cards to play and win a World Series on the North Side. If Cardinals fans already didn't like him, they really don't now, so it's going to be fun for us outsiders to watch.

San Diego Padres - Please Don't Wear The Brown Throwbacks!

I'm no San Diego fan, so maybe I don't feel the same connection to those hideous brown and gold uniforms as they do, but from a neutral perspective, they are downright ugly. They simply don't look good, and the blue and white look is fine (though their blue and gold used to promote last season's All-Star game was the best).

San Francisco Giants - Dang, AT&T Park Is Nice

If I was a Giants fan, I would take so much pride in playing at AT&T Park. With the view of the Bay behind it, it is the most beautiful site for a baseball game in all of the Majors, and the team plays some pretty good baseball too.

Seattle Mariners - And All The King's Men

No matter what Nelson Cruz and Robinson Cano would say, this is King Felix Hernandez's team. Safeco Field is the house he built, so let's just see if they can finally play some playoff baseball in it in 2017.

Tampa Bay Rays - Tarps, Tarps, Tarps Galore!

Why would the Rays ever need a tarp, you might ask. They play in a (really ugly) dome, so there will never be a rain delay! Ah, my friend, the Rays use their tarps to cover up completely empty sections of seats to make their atrocious attendance not look as bad on TV. As if it already wasn't hard enough to draw in fans in a competitive Florida market, Tampa has to play in a UFO spacecraft where seasons have been changed because of routine pop-ups hitting the rafters and turning into triples.

Texas Rangers - MMA Fights At Globe Life

When the Toronto Blue Jays came to town last season, star right fielder Jose Bautista made an erroneous slide into second base, which was promptly followed by Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor's Punch Heard Round The World. Dude could've had a career in boxing, he knocked his sunglasses clean off his face! And of course games between these teams always seem to get dicey because of their playoff history, which continued during Toronto's sweep of Texas in the 2016 ALDS. Should make for a good brawls next year, so grab your popcorn while you can.

Toronto Blue Jays - Returning The Favor

The Blue Jays like their system with the Rangers: lose a regular-season brawl and beat them in the playoffs. It has happened for the past two years in a row now, so I don't think that they're losing too much sleep over not being as good at fighting.

Washington Nationals - Make Baseball Fun Again

The hat worn by 2015 NL MVP Bryce Harper displaying the phrase above pretty much sums up his baseball character. He can be pretty hilarious, although, so was his 2016 defense of that MVP title. Can't go back-to-back when you're hitting .240, Bryce! But at least he has nice hair.