A look ahead at the current NL East leaders
The Washington Nationals' fall from grace during the latter stages of the 2015 season was one of the biggest stories in baseball last year. What made their fade unique was that it was the underlying narratives, not terrible baseball, that made the collapse feel so tremendous. After all, the Nationals went 29-32 over the last two months of the season. That's not exactly a dream record for a team with playoff aspirations, but it's also not indicative of a team taking a total nosedive either. If one just looks at the respective game logs, the NL East was decided more by the New York Mets getting hot than the Nationals forgetting themselves.