The NL East is baseball’s most intriguing division

Josh Donaldson, Bryce Harper and Robinson Cano.Unless the Pirates think they can overtake the Brewers, Cubs and Cardinals and capture the NL Central, then the NL East is the lone division that contains four teams that are approaching this offseason with designs on finishing first in 2019.

That already has led to the Braves giving $23 million for one year to Josh Donaldson, the Mets moving to the brink of investing a large sum to obtain Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz, and that is before the Phillies even get a “little bit stupid” in spending their money this offseason. The Nationals have yet to make public whether they will make an 11th-hour bid to retain Bryce Harper or reroute those dollars…