Quote Originally Posted by The Boz View Post
The NL is shaping up to be one where a couple good teams miss the playoffs.

At least two of the Mets, Phillies, Dodgers, Padres, Braves, Cards, Cubs or Giants are going to miss out. The top teams are playing great baseball at this point and all are around 30 wins and close to playing .600 ball. And the Braves and Cards have been playing great baseball after slow starts.

We will the 1/3 mark of the season this coming week with a lot of baseball to be played. With numerous teams going to be long out of it by July, the trade deadline should be active this year.
I think the Cards probably fade. They're playing over their head now. This team has no real stars, and not much starting pitching.

Giants might also fade. That's another team playing over their head. Unless you expect Wilmer Flores (10 HR, 42 RBI) to keep up his current pace.

Probably will be Dodgers/Cubs/Mets as division champs, and Phillies/Padres/Braves as wildcards. You can pretty much already count out the Reds, Pirates, Marlins, Nationals, and of course Rockies. Brewers and Dbacks have an outside chance at postseason but as you said, too many good NL teams this year to compete with.