Not so fast, John. Pedro’s going for the Mets tonight — I now get to feel confident once a week, for the first time in years.

I know the Nats have been tearing it up, but now that I’ve seen all the NLEast teams a couple of times, I don’t see any of them being equal to the Marlins in talent. I think they’ll overtake the Nats by late August and cruise home. Probably play the Red Sox in the World Series. Nats probably finish third in the division, behind the Braves, with about 88 wins — which would be a great season given where they were (as the Montreal Expos) last year. Mets in 4th, probably around .500 (another big improvement), and Phils in the basement.