What is going on in the NL West? If you follow baseball at all you will know that the NL West does not have a team over .500. The Diamondbacks started boiling hot and looked like they were going to run away from the division. Then we have the defending National League Champion Colorado Rockies. This team went on one of the best runs of all time to get to the World Series but this team has struggled tremendously due to injuries and the horrendous starting pitching. Francis, Jimenez, and Morales have been dimsle. Next is the Los Angeles Dodgers many picked the Dodgers to win the NL West due to the fact that they have loads of young talent accompanied by seasoned vets such as Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent, and Derek Lowe. But they have been flooded with injuries and the loss of Rafael Furcal is huge. The San Diego Padres arent looking too good right. Many people in baseball thought the Padres would be a solid team due to the starting pitching they had going into the season and it keep them in contention in April but after that they have been anemic on offense and injuries to Peavy and Young did not help either. Lastly the Giants are probably the biggest surprise in the division they were picked by everyone to finish last in the division and with some of their young pieces playing well they have a good chance to finish at least 3rd in the division. The National League West is easily up for grabs. I would give the inside edge to the Dodgers because they have Nomar Garciaparra and Andruw Jones coming back this weekend against the Giants. Andruw cannot possibly play any worse than he was we went on the DL. And I am confident the Dodgers can go out and get a pitcher and bat at the deadline because of the amount of prospects the Dodgers have in their system. I say the Dodgers win the division by 5 games over Arizona.
July 4, 2008...3:22 am
What is going on in the NL West?
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