The start of the 2010 Major League Baseball regular season is less than a week away as 16 teams in the National League all have dreams of making it all the way to this year’s World Series. In reality there are only a handful of teams that actually have a chance, but everyone will be looking to win more games than they did last year. Here is a look at the over/under win total for each team along with my prediction on how they will end up.
D-Backs took a major step backwards last season falling to 70-92 on the year. With the addition of Edwin Jackson and Ian Kennady, if Brandon Webb is healthy they should be able to get back into contention-OVER
By adding some key pieces to an already solid lineup, the Braves could find themselves neck and neck with Phillies for the NL East title- OVER
Chicago finished 2009 with a record of 83-79, 7 ½ games in back of the Cardinals. There is still a solid nucleus of talent on this team, but they really have not done anything dramatic to improve-UNDER
The Reds have a youthful but talented lineup led by Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, and Drew Stubbs. If everything falls into the right place, they have a decent shot at ending up a few games over .500-OVER
With the most solid lineup from top to bottom in the NL West, they should be the team to beat in the division this season, overtaking the Dodgers-OVER
With 87 wins last year, this team is still good enough to keep them in the hunt through the end of summer-OVER
The Astros are starting to show their age as the health of some of their older players could become a major concern. I see them taking a step backwards from last year’s 74 wins-UNDER
LA still has enough talent to win their division, but other teams like the Rockies and Giants have gotten better, while have basically stayed the same-UNDER
With Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun the Brewers still have some offensive firepower, but there are too many question marks in the starting rotation-UNDER
The Mets took a giant step backwards last season falling to 70-92, 23 games out of first. This year’s version should improve on this win total but not enough to seriously compete-UNDER
The Phillies won 93 games in 2009 and with the pretty much the same roster as last year along with the addition of Roy Halladay should win the division, but the competition in East will be tougher-UNDER
The Pirates have not won 70 or more games since 2005 and I see no compelling reason to think they will win more than that this season-UNDER
This team underwent some major changes in the lineup this past season in hopes on improving the bottom line results. They should at the very least be better than last year’s team that won 75 games-OVER
With 2009 NL CY Young winner Tim Lincecum, Barry Zito and Matt Cain they should have one of the better rotations in the NL. If they get some better production from the bats then should contend for the division-OVER
As the class of the NL Central, the Cardinals should once again win the division. Look for them to slightly improve on last season’s 91 wins-OVER
At 59-103 the Nationals really have nowhere to go but up. Given their offseason moves they should be able to get close to 70 wins, but not above that-UNDER.
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