Last season, the National League West went from one of the worst divisions in baseball to arguably one of the best.The San Diego Padres came out of nowhere last season, only to crumble down the stretch and fall to the eventual World Series Champion San Francisco Giants who finished at 92-70.
Still, the Padres finished 2010 at 90-72, and even the Rockies, who finished third in the West, were 83-79, giving the NL West three teams over .500.
2011 may be a different story for the NL West. On paper, the division is much worse than it was last season.
