National League 2019 Preview
Mar 5, 2019 18:11:53 GMT
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Post by Colorado Rockies (Tyler) on Mar 5, 2019 18:11:53 GMT
NL East 2019 Preview
1. New York Mets
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. Miami Marlins
5. Washington Nationals
NL East shows a lot of promise amongst all these teams. We all know the story with Washington Nationals by now, a promising draft that started with one manager only for our new GM to come in and trade away Harper, Machado, and Puig. The rebuild has begun in WSH we are all witnesses, let’s see how this pays off. He recouped some really nice prospects, even though he didn’t maybe pull that 1 star prospect. He’s got great depth. Let us start from the top though with New York Mets taking the spot, you have to like his lineup it has great talent throughout it and depth. You know Arenado will perform well and his sleeper 1B prospect (not really a sleeper) “Pete” Alonso. Does his defense hold him back or are we about to see him mash 30ish homeruns this year? NYM pitching shows the depth to make a deep postseason run. Onto the Atlanta Braves, really liking this team overall he’s got some young stars all across his batting lineup along with some quality SP. We might see these Braves claim the top spot. Finally Miami vs Philadelphia came down to the pitching for me, and I like PHI’s pieces a little bit more even if MIA has an edge in the hitting department.
NL Central 2019 Preview
1. Milwaukee Brewers
2. Chicago Cubs
3. St. Louis Cardinals
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Cincinnati Reds
I might catch a lot of heat for this ranking but here is my thinking. I had Chicago #1, I actually automatically put them there and then went to go 2-5, as I started ranking (incredibly tough division) I kept coming back to these Brewers. MIL has a legit team and the 2nd best player in MLB in Mookie Betts. That matters here, you factor in the SP depth and probably best bullpen in the league. That’s what made him slide up to the #1 spot. Chicago as we know had the infamous Manny Machado trade and the hitting is legit. One of the deepest lineups in Turtle, however the pitching has a few question marks which caused me to slide to #2. Either way expect CHC to be a serious contender throughout the 2019 season. I also wanted to put PIT above STL but STL pitching is legit and has serious talent. The hitting will hit just enough for him to be a contender for a Wild Card spot. Christian Yelich will carry his hitting categories on most weeks. PIT is an exciting team, but we don’t know when Vlad will be up but when he is he is going to hit and he is going to hit well. Robles should flash some serious potential this season as well. The Salvy Perez injury is a tough one but he should be back for 2020 and I expect PIT to see a big uptick in W’s then. CIN is a good team and very well could prove me wrong, I just see a lot of “what ifs” or “potential breakout” guys in that hitting lineup and the SP is a serious question mark. Adding another SP could do wonders for the Reds this upcoming year.
NL West 2019 Preview
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Arizona Diamondbacks
3. San Diego Padres
4. San Francisco Giants
5. Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers had the first pick of the draft, and he built an immediate contender around the very best in baseball, Mike Trout. The hitting shows quality depth throughout and the pitching should perform well enough to lead to NL West title. We are still waiting on Keuchel, but Paxton with Diaz/Hand rounding out the bullpen is good enough in my book. Arizona has 2 of the very best players in baseball in JRam and Bryce Harper, however the rest of the lineup has some question marks and the SP carries those same question marks to make him slide to the #2 spot. San Diego has been making moves up and down the roster, and has put together a contender for this year. The hitting will be fine and he has some serious breakout candidates, it’s the pitching staff that has him looking up at the top 2 teams here. San Francisco has an exciting 1-2 punch in Acuna and Moncada, if these 2 reach their enormous potential then this division is going to be even tougher than I thought and they could be a serious contender for the 1 spot. Big IF there but nobody is denying the talent. Tim Anderson, Ozuna, and Inciarte are excellent pieces as well. But this team will make or break depending on the young studs. Colorado shows a quality pitching staff with young pieces in both the lineup and pitching that could lead to better days in 2020 and 2021. But these Rockies should not be a contender in this tough division out West.
1. New York Mets
2. Atlanta Braves
3. Philadelphia Phillies
4. Miami Marlins
5. Washington Nationals
NL East shows a lot of promise amongst all these teams. We all know the story with Washington Nationals by now, a promising draft that started with one manager only for our new GM to come in and trade away Harper, Machado, and Puig. The rebuild has begun in WSH we are all witnesses, let’s see how this pays off. He recouped some really nice prospects, even though he didn’t maybe pull that 1 star prospect. He’s got great depth. Let us start from the top though with New York Mets taking the spot, you have to like his lineup it has great talent throughout it and depth. You know Arenado will perform well and his sleeper 1B prospect (not really a sleeper) “Pete” Alonso. Does his defense hold him back or are we about to see him mash 30ish homeruns this year? NYM pitching shows the depth to make a deep postseason run. Onto the Atlanta Braves, really liking this team overall he’s got some young stars all across his batting lineup along with some quality SP. We might see these Braves claim the top spot. Finally Miami vs Philadelphia came down to the pitching for me, and I like PHI’s pieces a little bit more even if MIA has an edge in the hitting department.
NL Central 2019 Preview
1. Milwaukee Brewers
2. Chicago Cubs
3. St. Louis Cardinals
4. Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Cincinnati Reds
I might catch a lot of heat for this ranking but here is my thinking. I had Chicago #1, I actually automatically put them there and then went to go 2-5, as I started ranking (incredibly tough division) I kept coming back to these Brewers. MIL has a legit team and the 2nd best player in MLB in Mookie Betts. That matters here, you factor in the SP depth and probably best bullpen in the league. That’s what made him slide up to the #1 spot. Chicago as we know had the infamous Manny Machado trade and the hitting is legit. One of the deepest lineups in Turtle, however the pitching has a few question marks which caused me to slide to #2. Either way expect CHC to be a serious contender throughout the 2019 season. I also wanted to put PIT above STL but STL pitching is legit and has serious talent. The hitting will hit just enough for him to be a contender for a Wild Card spot. Christian Yelich will carry his hitting categories on most weeks. PIT is an exciting team, but we don’t know when Vlad will be up but when he is he is going to hit and he is going to hit well. Robles should flash some serious potential this season as well. The Salvy Perez injury is a tough one but he should be back for 2020 and I expect PIT to see a big uptick in W’s then. CIN is a good team and very well could prove me wrong, I just see a lot of “what ifs” or “potential breakout” guys in that hitting lineup and the SP is a serious question mark. Adding another SP could do wonders for the Reds this upcoming year.
NL West 2019 Preview
1. Los Angeles Dodgers
2. Arizona Diamondbacks
3. San Diego Padres
4. San Francisco Giants
5. Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles Dodgers had the first pick of the draft, and he built an immediate contender around the very best in baseball, Mike Trout. The hitting shows quality depth throughout and the pitching should perform well enough to lead to NL West title. We are still waiting on Keuchel, but Paxton with Diaz/Hand rounding out the bullpen is good enough in my book. Arizona has 2 of the very best players in baseball in JRam and Bryce Harper, however the rest of the lineup has some question marks and the SP carries those same question marks to make him slide to the #2 spot. San Diego has been making moves up and down the roster, and has put together a contender for this year. The hitting will be fine and he has some serious breakout candidates, it’s the pitching staff that has him looking up at the top 2 teams here. San Francisco has an exciting 1-2 punch in Acuna and Moncada, if these 2 reach their enormous potential then this division is going to be even tougher than I thought and they could be a serious contender for the 1 spot. Big IF there but nobody is denying the talent. Tim Anderson, Ozuna, and Inciarte are excellent pieces as well. But this team will make or break depending on the young studs. Colorado shows a quality pitching staff with young pieces in both the lineup and pitching that could lead to better days in 2020 and 2021. But these Rockies should not be a contender in this tough division out West.