Which is exactly why the whole thing is stupid. Every team has big holes because of free agency. For the love of... THIS EXERCISE IN EXACTLY WHAT IT SAID IT WAS THAT CLEARLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THAT NO TEAM HAS MADE ANY PLAYER MOVES VEXES ME GREATLY. Serious question: who is going to be genuinely bothered when these lists start coming out closer to the season if the Cubs aren't regularly in the top 5? I understand that it was exactly what it says. I'm not faulting the article for how it was written, or that it was wrong with it's conclusion. I simply was saying that the entire premise is silly, and spending a bunch of time arguing it isn't very constructive. Now...back to the whole crunchy peanut butter business....