St. Louis Cardinals

• 1st in NL in HR (48) • 1st in NL in RBI (146) • 6th in NL in SLG (.543) • 9th in NL in R (105) 4. Manny Ramirez, Dodgers, 138 5. Lance Berkman, Astros, 126 6. CC Sabathia, Brewers, 121 7. David Wright, Mets, 115 8. Brad Lidge, Phillies, 104 9. Carlos Delgado, Mets, 96 10. Aramis Ramirez, Cubs, 66

Jeff: It's perfectly correct to forecast a three-team race among the Cardinals, Brewers, and Cubs, all hovering around 85 wins, but that won't happen. Something will go massively wrong for one of those three teams (as with the Brewers or Red Sox last year), and one of those teams is going to...