Buying and Selling MLB teams on the playoff bubble

Sell: Washington Nationals (71-68)

Maybe the biggest sell on this list, the Nationals started the season as legitimate World Series contenders. General Manager Mike Rizzo made a big-time trade for closer Jonathan Papelbon, moving Drew Storen to the set up position. Together, Storen and Papelbon should shut teams down late in games in October, if the team makes it there.

They are seven games behind the New York Mets in the NL East, and 9.5 games behind the Chicago Cubs for the second Wild Card spot. In order for the Nationals to have a chance at making the playoffs, it is going to take a massive collapse by the Mets, which has happened before, and their pitching staff is going to have to keep the runs to a minimum. If the Nationals do not make the playoffs, Manager Matt Williams could very well be unemployed in the next month.

By Eddie Ravert

Chicago implant by way of Philadelphia. Former college baseball player and radio DJ. High school debate team champion. Passionate ... More about Eddie Ravert