The St. Louis Cardinals stand atop the NL Central following the second full week. They have the only winning record at 6-3, followed by the .500 ball Houston Astros (4-4). Two of those wins are courtesy of Baseblog’s second Emma Award recipient.

Lance Lynn made two starts last week and is 2-0 on the season with a 1.50 earned run average. The right-hander tosses 6 and 2/3 to beat the Milwaukee Brewers on the 8th, and 5 and 1/3 yesterday to beat the Chicago Cubs. During his 12 innings last week, he’s only given up 2 runs and struck out 13. His K’s lead the division amongst pitchers last week.

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Who is on first in the NL Central Division? It used to be a long-time pack of superstars, but Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, and Derrek Lee have moved on. Joey Votto remains and Lance Berkman has switched squads, but this group of players lacks the absolute stud-ness of its former glory. It’s hard to replace Prince and Prince Albert.

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