| Team | Record | Previous Rank |
|---|
1. St. Louis Cardinals | 29-16 | 1 |
| Jaime Garcia set for shoulder surgery; Gast will stick around for awhile |
2. Cincinnati Reds | 28-28 | 7 |
| Mat Latos has lost just four times since joining the Reds last season |
3. Atlanta Braves | 27-18 | 2 |
| Another reliever lost to Tommy John surgery; O'Flaherty done for year |
4. Pittsburgh Pirates | 27-18 | 8 |
| If Liriano pans out, Bucs could have some staying power |
5. San Francisco Giants | 26-20 | 3 |
| Injury could be the best thing to happen to Vogelsong |
6. Arizona Diamondbacks | 26-20 | 4 |
| Corbin in the midst of historic stretch |
7. Colorado Rockies | 25-21 | 5 |
| Carlos Gonzalez could generate some MVP talk if Rox continue to shine |
8. Washington Nationals | 23-23 | 6 |
| Strasburg seemed to be back to form in his last outing |
9. San Diego Padres | 21-24 | 11 |
| Yea, Chase Headley's not going anywhere |
10. Philadelphia Phillies | 22-24 | 9 |
| It's been a long time since Hamels pitched with a lead; MRI for Utley |
11. Milwaukee Brewers | 18-26 | 10 |
| Brewers right up there with the biggest disappointments in league |
12. Los Angeles Dodgers | 18-26 | 13 |
| Donnie Baseball hanging on by a thread in Dodgers' land |
13. Chicago Cubs | 18-26 | 14 |
| It's amazing they are only eight games under .500 with that bullpen |
14. New York Mets | 17-26 | 12 |
| Well at least they have Matt Harvey: time to jettison Ike to the minors |
15. Miami Marlins | 13-33 | 15 |
| Going to be a dogfight with Astros to see who ends up as worst team |
