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The Miami Marlins have lots of ‘new’ things surrounding their organization. They have a new name (no longer called Florida), a new logo, a new stadium with a retractable roof for those bad weather summer days, a new manager in Ozzie Guillen and a host of new players. All this infusion of new-ness makes the Marlins one of the must see teams heading into 2012. With the solid group of players they already had and the new talent they have added, the Marlins could be the team to beat in the National League this year.

The New York Mets were a little better than expected in 2011 but heading into 2012 there is nothing real positive to look forward to for their fans. The team doesn’t have any real good pitching, the offense is average at best, they’ve lost some key players to free agency and the management is in turmoil due to the ongoing lawsuit against the owners. Also, they play in the very tough National League East division and, try as they might, their hopes of finishing anywhere but the bottom of the division appear slim.

The Milwaukee Brewers will head into the 2012 season without Prince Fielder who left the team as a free agent. They also have to deal with the mess that was caused when Ryan Braun reportedly failed a drug test. That was proven to not be the case and Braun will be with the team as they start the year rather than having to sit out 50 games for a suspension. Still, the Brewers are loaded both on offense and in the pitching staff and should be one of the league’s better teams and should find themselves back in the post season come the end of September.

The Washington Nationals were an improved team in 2011 and, despite losing some key players to injury had a pretty good year. Now, with those injured players returning to the lineup, plus with the addition of a few key pitchers, they Nats could be one of the real surprise teams in the league this year. It won’t be easy playing in the National League East division where the competition is tough (except for the New York Mets) but if things fall right for the Nationals they could be competing for a playoff spot come September.