It was a big year for the National League West as the the World Series champion and the newest baseball juggernaut called the left coast home. The Dodgers spent a lot of the season as a surprise contender and then big time spender while the steady as she goes Giants took home the ultimate prize.

Here’s how the division finished up:

And for those of you tracking how it played out, here are the playoff odds from April to October

My early projection for next season looks like this:

And finally, I look back at my 2012 grades for each club.

The NL West Cy Young is Clayton Kershaw’s in a runaway, and Buster Posey takes the NL West MVP over Chase Headley.