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Cincinnati Reds Disrespected in Latest NL Central Prediction
As Milwaukee works to defend its NL Central title, there are several teams looking to dethrone the Brewers as division champions in 2026.
The Milwaukee Brewers were the surprise of MLB last season. With minimal change, can they repeat that success in 2026? Here are our predictions.
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MLB writer predicts the Chicago Cubs will win the NL Central in 2026
The Chicago Cubs are projected to have one of their better seasons since that famous 2016 season. After making the postseason as one of the NL Wild Card teams, they are hungrier than ever.
Other than the Cubs, the National League Central is populated by teams with limited revenues, and that's reflected in the payrolls up and down the division. To be sure, such modest spenders can afford to invest more in their rosters and have it covered by revenue-sharing income,
For all the talk about a supposed lack of parity in baseball after the Los Angeles Dodgers won their second consecutive World Series title in 2025, there have hardly been any superteams during the regular season the last two years.
Pitching injuries have been the forefront of storylines throughout Spring Training for the Milwaukee Brewers, while there is some interesting workload decisions faced with some of their position players like William Contreras and Christian Yelich.
Similar to Mitchell, Dustin May appeared in his sixth MLB season in 2026 while never having thrown more than 56.0 innings in a season. In 2025, May tossed 25 starts/23 appearances with mixed results,
The MLB season is weeks away from opening day and one of the up and coming teams in the National League are the Pittsburgh Pirates, believe it or not. After Paul Skenes won a CY Young last year, management decided to spend a little bit of money on some ...