BRAVES, Frank Wren

When you have a lot of guys just entering their prime, sometimes they all take a step forward together. But getting Dan Uggla and B. J. Upton back to their old selves, and maintaining a solid pitching staff, put us over the top.

BREWERS, Doug Melvin

People forget that we were actually over .500 after Ryan Braun’s suspension last year. With Braun back, the offense we already had, a strong bullpen and Matt Garza making our rotation deeper, this isn’t really a surprise to us.

CARDINALS, John Mozeliak

We didn’t touch the pitching, Peter Bourjos caught everything in center, and Jhonny Peralta gave us a real hitter at short. Knowing that we would have the rookie of the year in Oscar Taveras, we thought it was pretty much a formality that we’d win 110 games before sweeping the World Series.

CUBS, Jed Hoyer

They tell me our flight home is delayed because pigs are occupying the airspace over O’Hare. So I guess these guys really did win the title.

DIAMONDBACKS, Kevin Towers

How fitting that Gerardo Parra throws out a guy at the plate to end the World Series. When you have him in right, and Paul Goldschmidt and Mark Trumbo hitting 80 homers in the middle of the order, you don’t need a No. 1 starter to win.

DODGERS, Ned Colletti

Last year we had the best rotation in baseball, and Dan Haren only made us deeper. With a full season of Yasiel Puig and Brian Wilson, and good health for Matt Kemp and Hanley Ramirez, nobody could stop us.

GIANTS, Brian Sabean

How many times do we have to say it? Every even-numbered year, we win the World Series. We’ll see you right back here in 2016.