San Diego Padres All-Star Break Assessment

It's surprising enough that the San Diego Padres are all alone atop the National League West at baseball's midway point. Factor in the production and consider it without their presumed opening day ace, shortstop, and left fielder, and the feat is even more astounding.

At the All-Star break last year, the Padres were 20 games out of first place. Flash-forward to 2010 and the Padres have a two-game lead in the division.

The roster full of "no-names" has put together the NL's second-best record (51-37), and they have done it with their pitching behind a league's best earned run average (3.25).

After a superb spring training stint, Chris Young was...

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