Talk:Cubbie Prediction/@comment-101939-20060330213722

I really don&quot;t like their starting staff past Zambrano and Prior, when healthy. Wood is really average, Maddux had been going downhill steadily and then you&quot;re down to Glendon Rusch and Jerome Williams, perhaps, at No. 5? That staff isn&quot;t beating the Cardinals and will be iffy for the wildcard, I&quot;m afraid.

The outfield? Maybe it&quot;s better than last year, but Jacque Jones and Juan Pierre have to prove last season&quot;s declines were flukes and Murton will be in his first full season. Cedeno is unproven and second base is a mess. And will Derrick Lee be as good?

I would like the Cubs to win as much as anybody, but I&quot;m really not excited about this team. I hope I&quot;m wrong.