We just covered the AL standings and how things might wind-up. Now, let’s take a look the National League. We’ll start in the East and then go to the Central and finish up with the West.

Right now the NL East seems to be full of average teams. The only team over .500 is the Philadelphia Phillies and they’re only 5 games over .500. The Florida Marlins are in 2nd place and they’re playing .500 ball right now. Then the Mets are in 3rd and the Braves are in 4th and only 5 games back. The story of this division is really about the key injuries to just about every team. look for the Mets to get healthy and get on a roll and look for the Phillies to play better as well. I like the Mets to win this division. I know they’re playing horrible ball right now but so if the rest of the division. At least the Mets have a ton of injuries to blame it on.

Over in the NL Central 5 teams are within 4 games of first. The Brewers currently lead the division by a single game over the Cardinals. Then the Reds are 3 games back, the Cubs are 3.5 games back, and the Astros are 4 games back. This one is too close to call but I will go with the Cards to win the division.

Finally, the NL West is still led comfortably by the Los Angeles Dodgers. But the Giants and the Rockies are playing great ball too. In fact, it looks like 1 of these 2 teams will take the Wild Card. At least that’s the way it looks right now. But I don’t know that either of these teams can keep it up.

So, who do I like in for NL Wild Card? Well, let’s go with the Phillies. But I do think the Cubs, Brewers, and the Rockies all have a decent shot too.

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