NL MVP: Sammy Sosa
NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt
NL Rookie: Josh Beckett
Let's hear everyone else's!
I predict that by the time each team finishes their 7,000 game schedule 9 months from now, I'll damn near be ready to slit my wrists....
Left field (Geoff Jenkins) - Easily the best everyday player the Brewers have. Unfortunately, that's not saying much because he's part of the strikeout crew, and his health is a big question mark.
Center field (Jeffrey Hammonds/Alex Sanchez) - Hammonds is a broken-down, overpriced middle-of-the-road center fielder when healthy. He isn't healthy that much, so Sanchez will play a lot. Sanchez has decent speed, a worse-than-average arm, and questionable plate discipline.
Right field (flavor of the day) - If Alex Ochoa can't become an everyday right fielder in Milwaukee this year, he should just hang it up. Matt (Beer Man) Stairs is a HUGE liability in right (you'll see at least 2 inside-the-park homers to right when he's out there over the course of the season). He's such a liability that Hammonds has platooned here, which is something that won't last much longer as Hammonds is just about due for a stint on the DL.
Third base (Ronnie Belliard/Tyler Houston) - A pair of poor bats and poor fielders, though Houston has the better arm.
Shortstop (Jose Hernandez) - I do not see last season as a "breakout" year. His arm's a loose cannon, though he has infinitely-greater range than the backup (Mark Loretta). Again, health is a big question mark.
Second (Eric Young) - An over-the-hill has-been who represents, at best, a fractional improvement over Ronnie Belliard, with almost all of that improvement in the health department.
First (Richie Sexon) - About the only bad things I can say about Sexon is that he's another strikeout king (due to his size), a middle-of-the-road first baseman, and he's overdue for a lengthy stay on the DL.
Catcher (Raul Casanova/Paul Bako) - Casanova has NOTHING in the catching department (can't hit, can't throw anybody out, can't call a game to save his life). Bako can at least call a game, but the Brewer management stupidly put him as the #2 catcher.
Starting pitching - When Ben Sheets and Nick Neugebauer are healthy, it's Sheets, Neugie and 3 days of rain. Sheets continually has a dead-arm problem (the last 2 seasons were cut short), and Neugebauer is injury-prone. The other 3 starters are below-average to absolutely horrid, and they also have injury issues
Relief pitching - They'll be overworked (again) and be overrated (a bit unusual for a Brewer pen). They have no closer (even when/if Chad Fox and Curtis Leskanic return), no arms, and no hope.
Bench - Let me put it this way; if the Brewers have anything close to their normal share of injuries, the few fans that are left will see just how bare the cupboard is. Any loss of a starter for any length of time would be a big problem. The Brewers always lose several starters for months at a time.
Coaching - This bunch is uncoachable, and with the exception of Lopes (who has been proven to not be able to manage), the coaching staff is unproven.
Net result: 54-108.