.500 team at best, and could be much worse than that.

They have some fine athletes, but they also have some gaping holes to fill. Few teams this season have such a glaring gap between the top and bottom levels of their talent, with very little middle ground.

The best organization in MLB for the past 20 years.

2.5 Other than Halladay and B.J.Ryan, there really aren't any pitchers who scare you. Vernon Wells is a fine all- around talent, and they do have some other talent on offense, such as Glaus and Alex Rios, and perhaps Frank Thomas will have another fine year. Other than that, the team is run of the mill, and other than adding Thomas they didn't do that much in the offseason. They had a good year in '06, but at best they'll probably hold steady or improve very marginally. At worst they could go back to being a 75- 83 win sort of club.