Who will win second place in the NL Central?

cubs
cards
bucs
crew
reds

no wild cards

i don't think the brewers have the pitching to hang (the reds definitely don't). the pirates have three pretty good starters and two terrible ones, and as a staff strike out too few batters. the offense is being carried by david freese, who i love, but c'mon.

i don't understand what mike leake is doing, but he might be key to the entire process. and for all the tears karl has wept for waino, dude has the second-best FIP in the rotation -- he has been babipped and hr/fb'd to hell so far, which needn't continue.

otoh, who *will* the wild cards be? if dodgers/cubs/nats win the divisions . . . the mets have upside but are flailing. do i believe in the rockies? i do not. maybe arizona. so idk, maybe st. louis can get a wild card

yea safe to say Milwaukee's offense has been better than advertised, but their pen isn't too great and they don't have much of a starting rotation. things might get better once their Opening Day starter gets off the DL, but the fact that their #1 is Junior Guerra kinda says it all right now. as much as I'd love them to make some noise the truth is they've been going through this crazy offensive flurry and they're still only .500, so who knows what'll happen once they stop mashing 3 HRs a game.

I believe in Clint Hurdle. The rest is just noise.

lol <3

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gotta love that 124x uptick in Milwaukee's chances