How weak is the division?
The Stats Geek writes today about the Pirates in comparison to the rest of the NL Central and how they don't appear to stack up too badly when considering the team records after April 30th. I'm not really a huge fan of this comparison, to be honest because I think the talk about the weak division probably severely underrates the Cardinals. I do realize this is a bit of a departure from what I've said about the Cardinals in the past, but watching the NFL playoffs this winter made me think about things a little differently. Everyone has already made the Colts/Cardinals parallel, but it's really there. The Colts have been a fantastic team the past couple years that couldn't get over the hump for one reason or another. Faced with a weak division this year, they rested players and coasted into the playoffs to be prepared for what was really important, the playoffs themselves. After the games on September 19th , the Cardinals stood at 80-69, seven games up on the divisio...