2010 NL Standings Projection

by Eli Greenspan on Apr 13, 2010 1:35 PM EDT

NL EAST

Philadelphia Phillies - 91 - 71

Atlanta Braves - 86 - 76*

Florida Marlins - 83 - 79

New York Mets - 77 - 85

Washington Nationals - 74 - 88

- This is the Phillies league. Period.

- The Braves will make a solid run, but questions over the back of the bullpen and the effectiveness of Martin Prado, Chipper Jones, and Jason Heyward.

- The Marlins should add a pitcher at the deadline, if not sooner, if they want any chance of competing for the division.

NL CENTRAL

St. Louis Cardinals - 87 - 75

Milwaukee Brewers - 82 - 80

Chicago Cubs - 78 - 84

Cincinnati Reds - 73 - 89

Houston Astros - 71 - 91

Pittsburgh Pirates - 68 - 94

- Adam Wainwright looked as good as ever in his last start, giving Cardinals fans a sigh of relief with the Brewers and Cubs breathing down their necks.

- The Brewers and Cubs should battle it out, but it looks like the Cubs will need big contributions from guys with low expectations. (Geovany Soto, Mike Fontenot, Kosuke Fukudome...)

- Aroldis Chapman will give the Reds a reason to hope.

NL WEST

Colorado Rockies - 85 - 77

Arizona Diamondbacks - 83 - 79

San Francisco Giants - 82 - 80

Los Angeles Dodgers - 80 - 82

San Diego Padres - 73 - 89

- The Rockies will need big performances from their pitchers, but it will be a very close race in the NL West this season.

- I see the Dodgers regressing with the lack of a capable ace. And it is not like they can just go out and buy one, considering the team has little to no money at its disposal.

NL CHAMPION

Phillies

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Accurate placement of the Braves but your reasoning is puzzling. Most people will point to the health of Chipper and Glaus as the main question marks followed by Hudson coming back from Tommy John and Jurrjens not being nearly as lucky as their main pitfalls.

The back of the bullpen is much improved, moves that look especially good now that Soriano and Gonzalez are struggling, and I haven’t seen anyone too concerned about the players you mentioned other than Chipper and his concern is injury related.

by ajones2522 on Apr 13, 2010 3:05 PM EDT reply actions