With the Milwaukee Brewers being a team in the mix for division and wild card races, it’s important to assess the competition out there. The New York Mets are throwing their hat in the ring if they haven’t already. They added Todd Frazier on a 2 year 17 million dollar deal, and New York continues to add little pieces to their offseason mix. New York hopes with a fully healthy pitching staff and an improved offense that they can be Wild Card or National League East contenders. They pose somewhat of a threat to Milwaukee when it comes to the Wild Card.

Wild Card race is spread out over a few teams in baseball when considering those who plan to contend for division titles. They are tiers of teams in the National League, and the Mets along with the Brewers fit in that second tier. The second tier features Arizona, New York, Milwaukee, St. Louis and San Francisco at this moment without forgetting that free agents still need to be signed, and with baseball, surprises tend to happen in both directions. Either a team can come out of nowhere like a Philadelphia, or a believed contender can be a 70-win team. Frazier is yet another addition to New York’s roster where they’re clearly ready to make another run to the playoffs.

Like Milwaukee, New York has a distinct advantage over the rest of the league with the division they play in. The National League East is trash. Miami will be godawful, Philly and Atlanta may be part of that surprise disclaimer but who knows. If the Phillies or Braves end up getting around 80 games, it will make the rest of the division actually worth a damn. If not, New York along with Washington, who’s a part of the first tier of NL teams, will get fat all year long and might guarantee that the NL East gets two spots in the playoff race.

Baseball is slowly but surely coming together. Can’t wait for the end of March.

Charlie.