Monthly Archives: April 2019

NL East Forecast: Hey, Washington, Let’s Try This Again, Shall We?

The Spitter whiffed badly last year in our projections for the National League Eastern Division. So we went back through the numbers to see if there was a singular thing that Atlanta excelled at. The answer is yes…and no. The Braves finished fifth in the N.L. in runs-scored and eighth in all of baseball in batting average (.300) on balls

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NL West Forecast: Dodgers Repeat But Can They Win The World Series?

LOS ANGELES: Sometimes you have the pay the man and pay Clayton Kershaw is just what the Dodgers did in the off-season. Why $93 million for three years? Because he’s a winner, that’s why. But he’s an increasingly injured winner and that presents problems… and opportunities. The Dodgers will lean on blister-prone lefty curveball specialist Rich hill, lefty Julio Urias

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