Despite having the World Series Champions of 2008 in the division, I very much thought that the NL East was there for the taking last season.
It wouldn’t be easy, but it was winnable for four teams in my mind.
This year, I think the Philadelphia Phillies are the clear favorites and it will take over-achievement from other teams to knock them down. They are good enough to run away with the division if they get consistency out of the closer position.
But I don’t think they’ll run away with it. Florida and Atlanta are going to give them a fight, much like they did last year. This won’t be a walk in the park by any stretch of the imagination.
And then of course the Mets are still around, maybe getting healthy enough to make more noise than they did last year.
I though ...
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