Oswalt on DL

It's almost like the NL Central has been cursed....Derek Lee, Ben Sheets, Albert Pujols, and now this... Maybe the Reds really do have a shot this year....

Very good point steak. Worst part is, both sheets and oswalt were on my fantasy team. I gotta say though, the reds have basically not shot without some sort of pitching upgrade. Each other team( that has any type of shot, so not the cubs) has some sort of good #2 guy (Capuano, Petitte/Clemens, Marquis/Mulder, etc) and the reds have very little pitching. Even the guys that are playing well now (Arroyo) will drop off. But, never say never

NL Central teams, as they are currently situated, are all much better than NL East teams.

Everyone can win the Central. Except the Pirates. They just suck.

Don't worry, the Pirates are headed in the right direction. They brought in some veteran presence with Casey, Burnitz, and Randa. Try and say that with a straight face.

It's a good thing Pettitte is pitching so well. If he weren't, they'd be in real trouble. Oh, dang.

Pettitte has a Pedigree. He's a winner...

Pedigrees and cliches like "he's a winner" don't help teams win games. Pitching a good game is the only thing Petitte can do to help that team.

Don't get me wrong, I love Pettitte, and I'm under the belief that he'll be great the second half the same way he was great the second half of last season. If they only looked at the second half, Pettitte would have been the hands-down Cy Young. My point was just that the Astros aren't doing much of anything right at the moment. This should be the time that Pettitte would be the staff ace, but he's not pitching like a staff ace right now.