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In general, most baseball fans respond to the early-season unexpected in the same way: with a shrug and an, "it's early." That's fine to an extent, but when does that stop? I'm asking, particularly in regards to the NL Central where the Cardinals sit up top with a 20-12 record and the Brewers sit at 16-15, almost as close to the 12-19 Pirates as the division leading Cards. Clearly, anything can happen from this point on in the season, but is it still "early?"Honestly, I don't know that it is. The Brewers have some serious problems that can't be glossed over by Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder finding their missing swings. Their rotation was dangerously thin before Yovani Gallardo got hurt, and now they've got no real #2 to step up behind the oft-injured Ben Sheets unless Manny Parra finds his stride. The bullpen is just as suspect, with Eric Gagne leading the league with five saves. You can say it's early, but we're almost to the quarter pole and this team has some real problems.
So what about Cards? 20-12 is nothing to sneeze at, but much of their early season success has come with Todd Wellemeyer, Kyle Lohse, Joel Piniero, and Braden Looper doing good impressions of league average starters. How likely is that to continue? It can't be that likely, can it? These guys, and the Cards, are coming back to earth.
Do you hear that? It's actually the sound of Cubs' fans smiling. I didn't even know you could hear people smile until now.
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