The Three-way Battle

Three teams pass the 100-game wins in this division.  This, as you can pressume, is highly unreasonable, preposterous and unlikely.  But anyways, that's what you get when you use stats to check who might win the division and who will take be second, third and so on.  Since these are the results I got, I was not satisfied and had to check and re-do them, having the same outcome everytime; so I can presume that there isn't anything wrong with my stats.

In other news, with this calculation completed, we just have to move on to the Wild Wild West to figure out which five teams will make the playoffs.  Yes, I know that when I started doing these predictions I stated that I wouldn't go into the wild card spots.  But since I have stats and you can check them in every article I post, you can easily determine who would take the two wild card spots. 

The NL Central, like the NL East has been constantly dominated by one team: the Cardinals.  Until last year - that's when the Brewers challenged them.  Even though the former won, the latter has no plans to go without a fight.  We will see tight competition between these two players.

But a new team is also on the rise.  The Cincinatti Reds are a team that are getting stronger with each year passing.  With solid pitching, good players on the field, I wouldn't be surprised that the division winner be announced within the final week of the season.  The Reds are looking mighty strong.

Houston, as you can imagine, is still trying to rebuild.  Winning is no longer important.  They're going to move next year to the AL so a last pennant within the NL does not figure to be a big issue - except for the fanbase.  

Then you've got Chicago and Pittsburgh.  Both teams are trying to do some sreious rebuilding to get into any form of contention.  The main acquisition for the Cubs was Theo Epstein.  Epstein has done an amazing job for the Red Sox over the past eight years and Cubs fans can be optimistic that their franchise will get better and better.  Who knows, maybe the World Series drought could finally be over.  

The Pirates have a good core of young players.  Adding some veterans like Barajas and Burnett will help solidify their roster, but they will still be poised to battle out third, fourth and fifth with the Cubs and any other team.  

Team	W	L	PCT	R	RA
CIN	117	45	0.720	1391	868
MIL	103	59	0.639	1267	953
STL	102	60	0.630	1228	942
CHC	85	77	0.522	1201	1148
PIT	77	85	0.477	1089	1141
HOU	60	102	0.370	880	1148

Having one team win 100 games is a big feat.  Having three is ridiculous.  The final standings will probably be the same, but the number of games won and lost will be far less.  Cincinatti will win and St. Louis and Milwaukee will fight for the Wild Card.

Chicago is on the move to become a contender, but will need a couple of more seasons before it can make a push for a playoff berth.  The same applies to Pittsburgh.

Houston will end a series of disappointing seasons to finally move on to the AL West were I believe it will suffer for some time before it can start playing seriously and push to win that division.

So there you have it.  I'm just lacking the stats for the AL and NL West and we can wrap these predictions before the 2012 season's a go.  Until that, we just have to enjoy what little we have left of Spring Training.