NL East bold prediction — Miami Marlins
The Miami Marlins are an interesting team to talk about. Their pitching is great, leading the way with reigning Cy Young winner in the NL Sandy Alcantara, and Jesus Luzardo is having a breakout season thus far. Currently, the Marlins are 14-13, which is better than many people would have expected given their roster breakdown and the lack of offense in Miami. Still, the Marlins, led by general manager Kim Ng, added some pieces in the winter, headlined by trading for the current NL batting average leader, Luis Arraez. My prediction for the Marlins in the month of May is that Arraez will lead the NL in batting average for the entire month, hitting a red hot .400 on the button.
NL East bold prediction — Philadelphia Phillies
The Phillies, like the Marlins, are quite the ball club to talk about. Coming off an NL pennant and adding Trea Turner in the offseason has fans in the City of Brotherly Love filled with excitement for the rest of the season. However, the Phillies are just one game over .500 at the time of this writing, which is not what fans expected at all from the reigning National League champions. Still, the Fightins have lots of reason to believe the tide will soon turn in south Philly. My prediction is the Phillies will finish 10 games over .500 in the month of May, and Trea Turner will soon be the player the Phillies paid for, hitting .300 with 10 homers in the month.