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2014 BASEBALL PREVIEW

The Hardest Things to Find Tanaka Ready-Made Ace | Molina Two-Way Catcher | Cano Franchise Face

BASEBALL Preview '14

30 SCOUTING REPORTS

P. 70

POWERED UP

MIKE TROUT

What Slugging Shortage?

The Game's Best Player Is Ready to Mash

World Series Pick

Nationals Over A's

Trout is baseball's rarest resource: the player who can do everything.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY STEPHEN SKALOCKY

SI HAS FOUR REGIONAL COVER THIS WEEK: ROBERT BECK/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (MIKE TROUT)