well diamond i hate to be the guy to say this. i've said for 2 years Pujols was leaving. Your orginization paid everyone but him. You traded a good part of your farm system and no 1B of the future. And you all are so arrogant to believe Pujols is gone and everything will be fine. WRONG!! No Pujols,LaRussa and Duncan =3rd place and 79 wins. I'm not high on the reds or brewers either
I know there's no numbers and stats to tell you they'll win the central but i'm picking them. There are a lot of Pirates fans who think i'm a year or 2 early on that projection. Who picked arizona last year? Who picked your cardinals when they were 10.5 back to win the wildcard? If the Pirates don't win the division i'm not going to lose sleep. And if they don't i'll be the 1st on here to say i was wrong. I'm not someone who hides when he makes bad picks. I might be early but i'm picking the Pirates