NL East is a four-team race

Rumors: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/features/rumors?addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Lack of options for John Lackey
Keith Law: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove09/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=4647444&addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">The top 50 free agents
Olney: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4681683&name=olney_buster&addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Joe Mauer's unclear future
KEG: <a name="&amp;lpos=story_in" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4481536&addata=2009_insdr_mod_mlb_xxx_xxx">Early 2010 look-aheads

Updated: March 28, 2005, 11:12 AM ET

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Welcome, everyone, to the 2005 edition of "Rob Neyer Picks Somebody Other Than the Braves."

Yes, again. It's become something of a comfortable tradition with me:

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