Offence isn't what matters in the playoffs and pitching is. The white sox are very good in one run games and supply just enough offence to win games. The teams that do the best in the playoffs are the teams with speed, pitching, and defense, all of which the sox have. And with the whole mvp thing, without derrick lee's breakout season this year the cubs wouldn't be close to a race without him. This makes him the standout to win it. With the pitching injured at the beginning lee carried the cubs through the tuff times and it is paying off big time with everybody healthy. Now that the cubs have Gerut i think they should win the wild card, barring any season ending injuries, oh yeah, and nomar is coming back.