I'll take off the Brewer goggles and say that the Cubs have a solid rotation this year. The Brewers have the superior offense, but it isn't by much. The Cubs have Lee, Ramirez, and Soriano as their three big hitters. We have Fielder, Braun, and maybe Hart as our big three. Weeks, Hardy, Hall, etc. all have major question marks. Dempster may not have started in ages, but Villanueva/Parra haven't started a full season either. They've done well in short stints, but does that mean they are good for the long haul? Wood may have injury concerns, but Gagne was terrible for the Red Sox last year and has the steroid cloud following him. So I think the Brewers have the potential to finish ahead of the Cubs and have a higher ceiling than the Cubs. I expect they will play about the same and the little things like defense and managing will be the 1-2 games that decides it. I don't think the Cubs rotation will duplicate last year's success either. But there is no way the Cubs will fall to 10 under .500 again this year. There is also no way the Brewers will blow as many 3 run leads as last year. The bottom line is that this year's NL is a battle to see who gets to fall to the Mets in the NLCS.