{"id":2091,"date":"2012-07-06T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T15:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2012-07-05T10:46:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T16:46:39","slug":"nostradamus-wept-nl-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/nostradamus-wept-nl-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostradamus Wept – NL Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

With 81 games in the books, we are officially at the halfway point of the 2012 season. \u00a0The so-called experts at Sports Illustrated made some pre-season predictions<\/a> that are looking a little off a this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/th>\nWon<\/th>\nLost<\/th>\n\n

Predicted<\/p>\n

Wins<\/p>\n<\/th>\n

Predicted<\/p>\n

Losses<\/th>\n

Comments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
NL East<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington Nationals<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n\n

The Nationals were expected to improve this year, but they appear to have taken a giant leap forward.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

New York Mets<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n87<\/td>\nOne of the surprises of the first half, the Mets were thought to be also-rans following their off-season ownership troubles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Atlanta Braves<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n82<\/td>\n80<\/td>\nThe Braves have kept a steady ship following last season’s late collapse.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Miami Marlins<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n73<\/td>\nThe Fish surrounded a great May with struggles in April and June.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philadelphia Phillies<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n94<\/td>\n68<\/td>\nInjuries to Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, and Roy Halladay have kept the Phillies out of their usual spot in the pennant chase.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NL Central<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pittsburgh Pirates<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n92<\/td>\nLast year the Pirates flirted with respectability for the first time since 1992 before faltering after one bad call cost them a game. \u00a0This year, they may be for real.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cincinnati Reds<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n73<\/td>\nThe Reds are right at their expected pace.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Louis Cardinals<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n75<\/td>\nThe defending champions have dealt with the loss of Albert Pujols and Chris Carpenter better than anyone expected them to.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milwaukee Brewers<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n78<\/td>\nAfter finally winning the NL Central last year, the Brewers have struggled after losing Prince Fielder.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Houston Astros<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n105<\/td>\nThe rebuilding Astros have been a little better than expected in their final season in the National League.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chicago Cubs<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n96<\/td>\nThe rebuilding Cubs have been a little worse than expected in Theo Epstein’s first year as the savior of the franchise.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NL West<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Los Angeles Dodgers<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n79<\/td>\nThe Dodgers had a surprising first half, sparked on by their ownership change.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Francisco Giants<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n72<\/td>\nThe Giants have had an eventful first half, with a perfect game and 4 straight shutouts.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arizona Diamondbacks<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n88<\/td>\n74<\/td>\nThe DBacks struggled in the first half, and that was before losing Daniel Hudson for the season.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Diego Padres<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n92<\/td>\nThe Padres have been a little worse than expected in the first half.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colorado Rockies<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n83<\/td>\nThe Rockies have struggled in the first half and have turned to a 4 man rotation to try and turn things around.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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With 81 games in the books, we are officially at the halfway point of the 2012 season. \u00a0The so-called experts at Sports Illustrated made some pre-season predictions that are looking a little off a this point. Team Won Lost Predicted Wins Predicted Losses Comments NL East Washington Nationals 47 32 84 78 The Nationals were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2087,113,125,121,57,2388,2386,120,2385,122,116,256,114,261,117,231,254,112,594,53,257,2389,2387,2380,2193],"class_list":["post-2091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-albert-pujols","tag-astros","tag-braves","tag-brewers","tag-cardinals","tag-chase-utley","tag-chris-carpenter","tag-cubs","tag-daniel-hudson","tag-diamondbacks","tag-dodgers","tag-giants","tag-marlins","tag-mets","tag-nationals","tag-padres","tag-phillies","tag-pirates","tag-prince-fielder","tag-reds","tag-rockies","tag-roy-halladay","tag-ryan-howard","tag-sports-illustrated","tag-theo-epstein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2091"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}