NL projected starters for 2006

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Based on current rosters, ESPN.com has projected the starting players at each position in the National League for 2006. The projections will be updated if a trade or a free-agent signing necessitates a change.

Note: Players listed in bold and italics are newcomers to that team. Players with an "(r)" next to them will be rookies.

NL EAST
	ATLANTA	FLORIDA	NY METS	PHILADELPHIA	WASHINGTON
C	Brian McCann	Miguel Olivo	Paul Lo Duca	Mike Lieberthal	Brian Schneider
1B	Adam LaRoche	Mike Jacobs (r)	Carlos Delgado	Ryan Howard	Nick Johnson
2B	Marcus Giles	Pokey Reese	Kazuo Matsui	Chase Utley	Jose Vidro
SS	Edgar Renteria	Hanley Ramirez (r)	Jose Reyes	Jimmy Rollins	Cristian Guzman
3B	Chipper Jones	Miguel Cabrera	David Wright	David Bell	Ryan Zimmerman (r)
LF	Ryan Langerhans/ Kelly Johnson	Chris Aguila (r)	Cliff Floyd	Pat Burrell	Alfonso Soriano
CF	Andruw Jones	Eric Reed (r)	Carlos Beltran	Aaron Rowand	Ryan Church
RF	Jeff Francoeur	Jeremy Hermida (r)	Victor Diaz/ Xavier Nady	Bobby Abreu	Jose Guillen
SP1	John Smoltz	Dontrelle Willis	Pedro Martinez	Brett Myers	Livan Hernandez
SP2	Tim Hudson	Brian Moehler	Tom Glavine	Jon Lieber	John Patterson
SP3	Jorge Sosa	Sergio Mitre	Victor Zambrano	Cory Lidle	Brian Lawrence
SP4	John Thomson	Jason Vargas	Steve Trachsel	Ryan Franklin	Tony Armas Jr.
SP5	Horacio Ramirez	Scott Olsen (r)	Aaron Heilman	Robinson Tejeda	Ryan Drese/Ramon Ortiz
CL	Chris Reitsma	Joe Borowski	Billy Wagner	Tom Gordon	Chad Cordero

NL CENTRAL
	CHICAGO	CINCINNATI	HOUSTON	MILWAUKEE	PITTSBURGH	ST. LOUIS
C	Michael Barrett	Jason LaRue	Brad Ausmus	Damian Miller	Ryan Doumit	Yadier Molina
1B	Derrek Lee	Adam Dunn	Lance Berkman	Prince Fielder (r)	Sean Casey	Albert Pujols
2B	Todd Walker	Ryan Freel	Craig Biggio	Rickie Weeks	Jose Castillo	Junior Spivey
SS	Ronny Cedeno	Felipe Lopez	Adam Everett	J.J. Hardy	Jack Wilson	David Eckstein
3B	Aramis Ramirez	Edwin Encarnacion	Morgan Ensberg	Bill Hall	Joe Randa	Scott Rolen
LF	Matt Murton	Wily Mo Pena	Preston Wilson	Carlos Lee	Jason Bay	Larry Bigbie/ John Rodriguez
CF	Juan Pierre	Ken Griffey Jr.	Willy Taveras	Brady Clark	Chris Duffy	Jim Edmonds
RF	Jacque Jones	Austin Kearns	Jason Lane	Geoff Jenkins	Jeromy Burnitz	Juan Encarnacion
SP1	Mark Prior	Paul Wilson	Andy Pettitte	Ben Sheets	Oliver Perez	Chris Carpenter
SP2	Kerry Wood	Aaron Harang	Roy Oswalt	Chris Capuano	Zach Duke	Mark Mulder
SP3	Carlos Zambrano	Eric Milton	Brandon Backe	Doug Davis	Kip Wells	Jason Marquis
SP4	Greg Maddux	Dave Williams	Wandy Rodriguez	Tomo Ohka	Victor Santos	Jeff Suppan
SP5	Glendon Rusch	Brandon Claussen	Ezequiel Astacio	Rick Helling	Paul Maholm (r)	Sidney Ponson/ Anthony Reyes (r)
CL	Ryan Dempster	David Weathers	Brad Lidge	Derrick Turnbow	Mike Gonzalez/ Salomon Torres	Jason Isringhausen

NL WEST
	ARIZONA	COLORADO	LOS ANGELES	SAN DIEGO	SAN FRANCISCO
C	Johnny Estrada	Yorvit Torrealba	Dioner Navarro	Mike Piazza	Mike Matheny
1B	Conor Jackson (r)/ Tony Clark	Todd Helton	Nomar Garciaparra	Ryan Klesko	Lance Niekro
2B	Orlando Hudson	Luis A. Gonzalez	Jeff Kent	Josh Barfield (r)	Ray Durham
SS	Craig Counsell	Clint Barmes	Rafael Furcal	Khalil Greene	Omar Vizquel
3B	Chad Tracy	Garrett Atkins	Bill Mueller	Vinny Castilla	Pedro Feliz
LF	Luis Gonzalez	Matt Holliday	Jose Cruz Jr.	Dave Roberts	Barry Bonds
CF	Eric Byrnes	Cory Sullivan	Kenny Lofton	Mike Cameron	Steve Finley/ Randy Winn
RF	Shawn Green	Brad Hawpe	J.D. Drew	Brian Giles	Moises Alou
SP1	Brandon Webb	Jason Jennings	Derek Lowe	Jake Peavy	Jason Schmidt
SP2	Russ Ortiz	Jeff Francis	Brad Penny	Woody Williams	Matt Morris
SP3	Miguel Batista	Aaron Cook	Odalis Perez	Chris Young	Noah Lowry
SP4	Orlando Hernandez	Byung-Hyun Kim	Brett Tomko	Shawn Estes	Matt Cain (r)
SP5	Brad Halsey	Sunny Kim	Jae Seo	Chan Ho Park	Brad Hennessey
CL	Jose Valverde	Brian Fuentes	Eric Gagne	Trevor Hoffman	Armando Benitez

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