So if the playoffs started today, this is what would happen

Cub vs. Dbacks
Phillies vs. Cardinals

Rays vs WhiteSox
RedSox vs Angels


Cardinals and RedSox with the wildcard. Will these hold up? Predictions.

Cubs vs Giants

nope they wont hold up... Yankees are gonna get hot and win the wild card and tampa wil turn back into the devil rays when they realize what theyre doing and the Mets will get the division and phillies will get the wildcard

with that said here's what i believe the playoff picture will look like

Cubs vs Phillies
Mets vs Dbacks

Red Sox vs Angels
Yankees vs White Sox

Mets are terrible

They will not make it to the playoffs, no way they beat out the Phillies, Braves, or Marlins.

mets got a ton of talent, its hard not to believe they wont make some sort of run...and i think the rays are going to hang around for a while because of pitching, they are last years dbacks...everything about them is the same. phillies and cubs will end up with the NLs best records and this is my prediction


Cubs vs. Dodgers (no way in hell DBacks hold on I think, they have 0 offense)
Phillies vs. Brewers

Cubs vs Phillies
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RedSox vs. WhiteSox
Angels vs. Rays

RedSox vs Angels
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ANGELS VS CUBS
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Cubs



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Im not being biased, I honestly think the Cubs are going to win it, we are still 17 games above .500 with big z, sori, rami, theriot, edmonds, reed johnson---platoons with edmonds against leftys, fukudome all hurt at one point of time....when the all-star break happens, every1 will be 100% healthy, god forbid any new injuries before the break

1. We are most likely going to acquire a SP---Harden most likely.
2. We have the best offense in the league
3. Sori was FINALLY starting to steal bases before he broke his hands, so hes finally healed from his leg as he said
4. Sean Gallagher has been nothing but great for us.
5. Our Bullpen is phenominal

Howry-7
Marmol-8
Wood-9

.........................................case being, I cant see any team beating the cubs in a 5,7 game series.

^ are you hoping its Anaheim or do you think its gonna be Anaheim

sox's pitching isnt as strong this year...imo

okajima isnt even the SU man anymore, beckett isnt wat he was last year, matzusaka has a great record, but terrible control...and that will show against the teams in the playoffs (rich hill last year)...wake will always have a mid 4's ERA and bucholz is still extremely young, colon is washed up

to me, ur rotation isnt a playoff type rotation

Big Z
Dempster
Lilly
C.C, Harden, Burnett
Marquis
Gallagher

all have been solid, and the stats show...
Cubs have a better ERA...and if it wasnt for the way theyve been playing the last week and a half, theyd be blowing the sox out stats wise

and lets face it, the cubs will probably go with a 3-4 man rotation and no1 wants to face z, demp, 1 of those above player, lilly.....

this year, the cubs are better than the sox....they got a stronger foundation

Marquis probably isnt going to make the rotation, neither will gallagher...ur gonna have to face one of the pitchers we pick up and lilly.....im not saying ur rotation is bad, its just vulnerable this year, wakes getting old, matzuzaka has control issues- and that wont help against the best OBP % in the league, beckett will be great but we have experience vs him, and lester vs dempster will be a good matchup but u always go with experience and consistancy here like u said....dempster should be 12-3 but the BP has blown 3 road game wins this year.

cubs ownership has stated that they will pick up a pitcher at the deadline or before