The National League East has been dominated by the Philadelphia Phillies in recent history, and bad news for the rest of the teams, 2010 will be no different.
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Atlanta Braves
- New York Mets
- Florida Marlins
- Washington Nationals
Phillies: The best team in the National League made the blockbuster move of the off-season, trading for Roy Halladay – and it looks even more genius as Cliff Lee battles injury. Lineup and pitching are stout, no reason to believe they won’t repeat here again. … Braves: Rookie Jason Heyward is wowing Spring Training observers and injecting life into what has been a bit of a boring and direction-less franchise in recent seasons. The young Braves could challenge the Phillies this season and wind up over the hump in the next year or two. … Mets: Poor, poor Met fans. Jose Reyes is hurt again, Oliver Perez is still in the rotation, Johan Santana is still coming back from injury. The Mets will rely on a big year from David Wright and some fulfillment of promise from other youngsters like Daniel Murphy and Fernando Martinez in order to compete. … Marlins: Always difficult to write this team off because you never really know what they have until June or so. Youth will be served again in south Florida, with a solid young pitching rotation. … Nationals: I give the Nats until mid-May before Stephen Strasburg is in their big-league rotation.
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Wright recovering from a concussion, Reyes may still be injured with the Thyroid problem, Beltran had surgery, Santana as you mentioned, Bay in left….I’m not sure this team stacks up better than Florida.
That said, I could see the three (Atlanta/Florida/New York) finishing second/third/fourth in any order. I think they’re that close.
Completely agreed with your last statement, I think they could fall in any order. I think the Mets underachieved incredibly last season, and am expecting a bounce-back of sorts – the question is whether they have the right coaching staff and/or mental make-up to make it happen.
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