NL Around the Horn - 4/28

Just as we talked about the Rays and Orioles being atop the AL East, who would have thought the Marlins would be leading the NL East, ahead of the Mets, Phillies, and Braves.

The Cardinals 16-10 start has to be a surprise considering what disarray their pitching staff has been in. And while many, us included, picked the Diamondbacks to win the NL West, we didn't see them being an offensive juggernaut and jumping out to an 18-7 record.

The Diamondbacks and Padres had all eyes on them yesterday as their aces, Brandon Webb and Jake Peavy went toe to toe. Both were very good, but it was Webb improving to 6-0 as his team won it 2-1.

And how about Edinson Volquez of the Reds, who is making about a buck and quarter while Barry Zito has his own Ft. Knox. Volquez dominated the Giants yesterday to improve to 4-0, 1.23. Meanwhile Zito, whose fastball couldn't break a pane of glass these days, dropped to 0-6, 7.53.

With no real offense outside of Pence, Tejada, and Berkman, how are the Astros 12-14.

After losing 6 of 10 the Dodgers bounced back with a 3-game sweep of division rival Colorado. Arizona is still the only team over .500 in the division.

The Nationals are only 9-17, but they just won 3 out of 4 from the Mets and Cubs combined.

The annual division contending Padres have dropped 8 out of 10 and are six games under .500. This despite having Peavy and Chris Young in the rotation.

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