This is the time of year, teams start to buckle down, hoping to get healthy for a late playoff run. I’m here to tell you what teams will make it and who will just miss the cut. Lets start with the NL West simply because i honestly don’t think their will be any kind of race to see who takes the division. It might be the most competitive division in baseball on paper with the giants being just 3.5 games back which is the closest gap in the national league, however the Dodgers have been playing around with this division and have yet to run off 5-7 straight victories which they’re fully capable of doing and should be able too with a rotation led By Kershaw and Greinke before season end. The Giants only hope of getting in will be battling it out in the Wild Card race which i will touch on later. Moving to the NL East, this becomes a little more interesting. We got the so called best team in the league Washington Nationals currently sitting behind the surging talented New York Mets however i don’t see that remaining the order once playoffs start. I think the Nationals sitting 4 games back will eventually jump the Mets once they get the Stephen Strasburg of old back. He is the key to the Nationals. We all know what this team is capable of doing when healthy and that’s potentially having the best starting rotation paired with a deep offensive unit led by the second best player in baseball Bryce Harper. Look for the Nationals to jump the Mets late to take the division. Lastly, we got the NL central. A race that was a quite close come all star break however the Cardinals just won’t give their lead up to the Pirates and quite frankly they won’t let them get close to taking their division. It’s their division to lose. They currently hold a 7 game lead as they have throw Lance Lynn to the hill tonight to face Pirates southpaw Liriano in hopes to gain another full game in the standings. The Pirates won’t go quietly however i don’t see them getting any closer than 3 games of the red hot red birds. And finally this sets up our Wild Card game. The game will consist of the Pirates and the Mets. This race should be very interesting because there are 4 potential teams separated by just 4.5 games, those teams including the Pirates, Mets, Cubs, and the reigning struggling champs Giants. This race will come down to the last few games and quite frankly the last game of the year. I have the Pirates and the Mets playing it out simply due to their starting rotations. The Mets rotation might just be the best in baseball while the Pirates have a very solid rotation of their own. Look for Gerrit Cole to out duel Harvey or Degrom in a potential post season birth.
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