Giants

[Botswanabats]

With Lincecum, Cain, Bumgarner, Sanchez, and Zito followed by a great bullpen... they're still the team to beat.
Sandoval has lost 30 lbs by late Jan and if he reverts back to an exciting player you have a lineup of:
Torres, CF; Sanchez, 2B; Posey, C; Huff, 1B; Burrell, OF; Sandoval, 3B; Tejada, SS; Rowand, OF AND you'll get runs that will often be enough to win. Brandon Belt has a sweet swing and may go the Posey route of coming up around May 1st to take over first and moving Rowand to the Bench. Col and LA still seem tough and SD pitchers excellent.

 

[Mexi]

i'd put them as the favorite too, but they are worse than last year

staff is excellent. not going to say anything bad about that

offense is pretty bad. Huff overachieved, as did Burrell and Ross down the stretch. Posey is their only real bat. Sandoval is still a question mark because the league figured him out last year. torres had a good year, we'll see if he can produce again now that the book is out. tejada? sanchez? rowand? no thanks

dodgers have good pitching too. notch below the Giants. pound for pound though, they match up pretty well. they're going to have some duels this year. they are pretty much the same team. if kemp and ethier improve from last year though, they have the better line-up

Rockies offense is scary at times, but their pitching isnt at the dodgers/giants level. still solid

3 team race. Giants are favorites slightly, but Rockies and Dodgers are right there

 

[playmaker7]

i'd put them as the favorite too, but they are worse than last year

staff is excellent. not going to say anything bad about that

offense is pretty bad. Huff overachieved, as did Burrell and Ross down the stretch. Posey is their only real bat. Sandoval is still a question mark because the league figured him out last year. torres had a good year, we'll see if he can produce again now that the book is out. tejada? sanchez? rowand? no thanks

dodgers have good pitching too. notch below the Giants. pound for pound though, they match up pretty well. they're going to have some duels this year. they are pretty much the same team. if kemp and ethier improve from last year though, they have the better line-up

Rockies offense is scary at times, but their pitching isnt at the dodgers/giants level. still solid

3 team race. Giants are favorites slightly, but Rockies and Dodgers are right there

You can't really say they're worse than last year at this point because the guys who underachieved could somehow have much better years...like Pablo who's on the hot seat right now and is looking to make a statement*