Previewing the National League.
A team-by-team look at the National League entering spring training, including key players each club acquired and lost, and dates of the first workout for pitchers and catchers, and the full squad:
![@Subhead.frcd.22:"Sometimes [bullpen ERA] can be blown out of proportion either way. We all see it as one group, so it doesn't matter. ... I don't look at it like we're carrying the load or whatever. It's kind of one big group, and that's one thing we're really trying to do. It's individual, sure, but we're all one collective bullpen. That's our whole idea. That's what we are, and we pick each other up."
@PullQuoteSig:-Drew Storen](http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2011/04/08/20110408-001718-pic-302090529_s60x100.jpg?b3b79033ceaf99b484c32f5f09d68397d7c4abdf)
A cursory glance at a few numbers about the Nationals' bullpen displays a divide in its effectiveness.
The Nationals finalized their Opening Day roster on Monday, sending four players to the minor leagues and trading another to get down to the 25-man maximum one day before their spring training finale.
Capsules of National League teams, listed in order of finish last year:
In Yankeeland, a trip to the playoffs is not enough. It's the World Series or bust.
