Turn of the Tide? 2010 NL West Predictions

In recent years, the NL West has been dubbed baseball's worst division. In 2005, the San Diego Padres won the division with a mere 82 wins, barely clinching a winning season. The other four NL West teams had losing seasons. In 2006, not a single team reached the 90-win plateau and three teams endured sub-.500 seasons. 2007 finally brought two 90-win teams thanks to Arizona's solid season and Colorado's magical late-season run. With San Diego's third place 89-win season, many felt the division was heading in the right direction. Not so fast. The division regressed once again in 2008 and the Dodgers won the division with a mere 84 wins, only six games over .500. By the end of the year, the Dodgers appeared to be the only real threat to compete in 2009 with the addition of Manny Ramir...

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