The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies are considered to be the leading teams in the National League West this season with the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks all picked to fight for the third through fifth spots in the division. But are those three “other” teams going to be better than people think next year?
This MLB.com article believes that the Diamondbacks and Giants are among the five MLB teams that could be better in 2019 than people think. Mind you, there are a lot of “ifs” that go into that prediction but there is no question that the Padres have made a splash this spring by inking Manny Machado to go along with a young core of solid talent (the Padres still need a lot of pitching help before they should be in any conversation for contention any time soon).