Baseball: National League Eastern Division Key Team and Player

For the next few days, I will look at some of baseball’s six divisions, and mention a key team and player.

I do not like to go with what others perceive as favorites but in the National League East my choices as keys, if not winners, are the Washington Nationals and the pitcher they annexed, Max Scherzer.

The Nats won the division last year and surely are favorites to do so again.

Adding a quality, but in my book over rated and not worth the money Max Scherzer, should help.

I will project 90 wins for Washington and a not so hot season for Scherzer, but he will help the team somewhat.

Down the road a look at the entire division with predictions on each team.

Max Scherzer, former TIger, now a National