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To me, the reason the NL is weak right now is not just a lack of top talent...they have some guys in the NL who could come over here and still be great (see: Miguel Cabrera)...it's consistency of top quality competition.  The reason the AL spanks the NL every year in the All-star game is that the AL has more depth of great players, not that the NL has no great players.  But the reason the AL beats the NL in interleague is IMHO that the NL has more really bad major leaguers on its' collective roster.  The AL wins by feasting on any point of weakness...usually NL bullpens and the back of NL rotations suffer horrible poundings.
To me, the main difference between the most competitive league and the next league down is not talent but consistency.  There's lots of talent in AAA...but there are more bad players there and more players who just lack the ability to be at their best on a consistent basis.  That is precisely the NL's problem right now too.
So how are they NOT AAAA?