The Tight Race for National League Top Spot Heats Up
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00:00National League is getting really interesting. For a very long time it seemed as though it
00:08would be a race for the number one overall spot between the Philadelphia Phillies and the LA
00:13Dodgers. The Dodgers have moved in front ever so slightly in front of Philadelphia but the
00:19Dodgers being tested not only at the top but within their own division by the San Diego Padres
00:26and the Arizona Diamondbacks only two and a half games back at the end of the regular season.
00:32Craig in your estimation who's that number one overall seed in the NL? Yeah I still think it's
00:37probably going to end up being the Dodgers and Philly's been a little bit of hit or miss lately.
00:41It seems like when they have Wheeler pitching or Nola pitching everything goes fine and then
00:45beyond that it's like back to those old issues they've had. Ranger Suarez getting healthy
00:49obviously a big key for them as well. You know but I wonder how Major League Baseball is going
00:53to feel about this guys because it does seem like those five teams that you showed on the graphic
00:58because of the month that they've had at the end of July and August are going to make the postseason.
01:02Like would you say right now that any team is going to surpass Arizona? You know Milwaukee's
01:07going to win the division? I mean San Diego feels like they're close to a lock to be the five or
01:12six seed so you're just looking at one final seed and will it be the Braves? Will it be the Mets?
01:17And then you know don't look now but all of a sudden the Cincinnati Reds are doing what they
01:20did last year too. So maybe that's the race to watch is the final seed in the NL.