Welcome to the 0-2 Pitch's MLB 2013 Predictions: NL Edition! In our last post we covered the AL and saw the Rays,Tigers,and Angels are winning their division! Now it's time to see who is going to win the highly competivie NL, and to start off we're going to start in what is one of the best if not the best divison in baseball, the NL East. Without further adieu let's get started
NL East:
1.Nationals: 98-64
2.Phillies: 93-69
3.Braves: 91-71
4.Mets: 68-94
5.Marlins: 66-96
Why: The Nationals will win the NL East this year with no surprise as they all stacked, as Bryce Harper who is coming off a ROY campaign will continue to turn heads as he goes on a monster season recording a 30/30 season. The Phillies will be the NL's somewhat surprise team this year as they have a full team coming back healthy this year with Ryan Howard and Chase Utley solidfiying the middle of their lineup will surprise some people this year, Ryan Howard will finally live up to his contract as he has another 40 homerun 120+ RBI season for the Phillies. The Braves will start off hot this year but the too many strikeouts at key times will hurt the Braves this year as they finish third in the NL East and miss the playoffs while setting a record for the most strikeouts by one team in a season. The Mets will miss Johan Santana again for the season it looks like, and their already diminished pitching staff from losing R.A. Dickey will be even worse, the only hope Mets fans have his Travis D'Arnaurd and Zach Wheeler but thats even a few years away from being good. The Marlins will finish with one of the worst records in franchsie history after they traded away all the players they spent tons of money on an off season ago, now they will finish last in the NL East for the another year while their stadium in it's second year will continue to be empty.
NL Central:
1.Cardinals: 94-68
2.Reds:93-69
3.Brewers: 87-75
4.Pirates: 81-83
5.Cubs: 61-101
Why: The Cardinals this year will show they are still the best in the NL Central as they go on a late season push with help of rookie Tyler Rosenthal and go on another magical september run as they take over the NL Central from the Reds after being counted out. The Reds this year will provide some heavy hitting and strong pitching depth as they look like the favorites throughout the season to take the NL Crown but a mid-late season plunge hurts the Reds as they fall out of first ultimaly losing the NL Central to the Cardinals, Joey Votto will have a 40 homerun season while winning the MVP. The Brewers will start out not so hot this year as they have a losing record through May, a hot streak in July will help them pull within a few games of the divsion lead but another cold spell in August will ultimaly hurt them at the end of the season. Andrew McCuthchen will have another MVP quality season but even another one of those will not help the Pirates end their streak of losing seasons. The Cubs, the one team no matter who your a fan of you feel bad for their fans, well Cubs fans will be in for another long season even though first baseman Anthony Rizzo has an amazing season the bullpen will cost too many games for this Cubs team to come even close to competing.
NL West:
1.Giants: 94-68
2.Dodgers: 90-72
3.Diamondbacks: 84-78
4.Padres: 77-85
5.Rockies: 66-96
Why: The Giants coming off their second World Series championship in three years will come out strong once again this year dominiating just not the NL but all of the majors the first two months of the season, Buster Posey will live up to his mosnter contract extension while Matt Cain puts up Cy Young award winning numbers. The Dodgers who spent $215 million this offseason will look like the team that Magic Johnson and the rest of the Dodgers owners imagined. But a late season plunge will hurt them as they miss the playoffs even though Clayton Kershaw wins his 2nd career Cy Young. The Diamondbacks who strengthen their offense after trading away Justin Upton will come out strong out of the gate but their pitching staff will not be able to perform at the level of the Giants and Dodgers pitching staffs which will ultimaly decide the D-Backs fate as they miss the playoffs. The Padres will see alot of good things from Jedd Gyorko this season but it will not be enough for them to compete at the same pace of the NL West and the rest of the NL. The Rockies will once again finish under .500 still having the worst rotation in all of baseball and Troy Tulowtzki will continue to not live up to his $157 million.
NL East:
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| Bryce Haper will lead the Nationals to an NL East crown while putting up historic sophmore numbers. |
2.Phillies: 93-69
3.Braves: 91-71
4.Mets: 68-94
5.Marlins: 66-96
Why: The Nationals will win the NL East this year with no surprise as they all stacked, as Bryce Harper who is coming off a ROY campaign will continue to turn heads as he goes on a monster season recording a 30/30 season. The Phillies will be the NL's somewhat surprise team this year as they have a full team coming back healthy this year with Ryan Howard and Chase Utley solidfiying the middle of their lineup will surprise some people this year, Ryan Howard will finally live up to his contract as he has another 40 homerun 120+ RBI season for the Phillies. The Braves will start off hot this year but the too many strikeouts at key times will hurt the Braves this year as they finish third in the NL East and miss the playoffs while setting a record for the most strikeouts by one team in a season. The Mets will miss Johan Santana again for the season it looks like, and their already diminished pitching staff from losing R.A. Dickey will be even worse, the only hope Mets fans have his Travis D'Arnaurd and Zach Wheeler but thats even a few years away from being good. The Marlins will finish with one of the worst records in franchsie history after they traded away all the players they spent tons of money on an off season ago, now they will finish last in the NL East for the another year while their stadium in it's second year will continue to be empty.
NL Central:
1.Cardinals: 94-68
2.Reds:93-69
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| Allen Craig will show that he is one of the elite first baseman in the Major Leagues. |
4.Pirates: 81-83
5.Cubs: 61-101
Why: The Cardinals this year will show they are still the best in the NL Central as they go on a late season push with help of rookie Tyler Rosenthal and go on another magical september run as they take over the NL Central from the Reds after being counted out. The Reds this year will provide some heavy hitting and strong pitching depth as they look like the favorites throughout the season to take the NL Crown but a mid-late season plunge hurts the Reds as they fall out of first ultimaly losing the NL Central to the Cardinals, Joey Votto will have a 40 homerun season while winning the MVP. The Brewers will start out not so hot this year as they have a losing record through May, a hot streak in July will help them pull within a few games of the divsion lead but another cold spell in August will ultimaly hurt them at the end of the season. Andrew McCuthchen will have another MVP quality season but even another one of those will not help the Pirates end their streak of losing seasons. The Cubs, the one team no matter who your a fan of you feel bad for their fans, well Cubs fans will be in for another long season even though first baseman Anthony Rizzo has an amazing season the bullpen will cost too many games for this Cubs team to come even close to competing.
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| Buster Posey will live up to his contract extension propelling the Giants to another NL West Crown |
NL West:
1.Giants: 94-68
2.Dodgers: 90-72
3.Diamondbacks: 84-78
4.Padres: 77-85
5.Rockies: 66-96
Why: The Giants coming off their second World Series championship in three years will come out strong once again this year dominiating just not the NL but all of the majors the first two months of the season, Buster Posey will live up to his mosnter contract extension while Matt Cain puts up Cy Young award winning numbers. The Dodgers who spent $215 million this offseason will look like the team that Magic Johnson and the rest of the Dodgers owners imagined. But a late season plunge will hurt them as they miss the playoffs even though Clayton Kershaw wins his 2nd career Cy Young. The Diamondbacks who strengthen their offense after trading away Justin Upton will come out strong out of the gate but their pitching staff will not be able to perform at the level of the Giants and Dodgers pitching staffs which will ultimaly decide the D-Backs fate as they miss the playoffs. The Padres will see alot of good things from Jedd Gyorko this season but it will not be enough for them to compete at the same pace of the NL West and the rest of the NL. The Rockies will once again finish under .500 still having the worst rotation in all of baseball and Troy Tulowtzki will continue to not live up to his $157 million.
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