2. Mets vs. 3. Cardinals
Endy Chavez and Jeff Weaver won't be joining us for this reunion of the 2006 NLCS warriors. But it's one of the most fun of our first-round matchups. Nevertheless, we're taking the Mets. Most of our panelists weren't sold on the Cardinals as bona fide contenders, even though, as one scout put it, "they always seem to find a way."
Our group couldn't even agree on the Cardinals' fatal flaw, because they have so many potential fatal flaws -- from "who's the closer?" to "not enough offense around [Albert] Pujols" to "short on pitching across the board."
"For them to [make the playoffs], Chris Carpenter has to throw 200 innings," one AL executive said. "Anything short of Chris Carpenter returning to form, and they just don't have enough starting pitching."
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