ButchCrassidy
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I'm not an uber-gullible Cubs fan that thinks every year is going to be the Cubs year. The 2010 team has talent, but I'm not sure if they have the talent to win it all. I'm STILL not sold on Z as an ace, I doubt Dempster will win more than 15 games unless he gets good run support, and it's kind of sad that Cubs fans are waiting feverishly for Lilly, the #3, to come back to provide a little more stability to the starting rotation. The pen was an issue before the season. Guzman's career might be over, Grabow is Grabow, Smardzjia is...yeah, there are no-name guys, and Marmol can't pitch like this the entire season. Byrd will be a good player, but that's it. Don't expect .300-30-100 from him. Sori and Fuk? PASS. ARam will come around, hopefully. We just might have the softest-hitting middle infield in baseball and I love DLee, but I'd love him more if he would have big seasons during big seasons for the Cubs, and not when they're down (see his 2005 and 2009 numbers). This team has very little speed, lacks plate discipline, is not fundamentally sound, and doesn't really have the offense or pitching to make up for poor defense, which has been a problem during their start. Can this team win the NL Central? Of course. Are they a better team than the Red Sox, Yankees, Mariners, Phillies, Braves, Dodgers, Twins, and Giants? Sorry, but no Kool-Aid for me this year. Well...what do YOU think?