Who’s your No. 1 team heading into the season? Cubs listed at 10. Feels accurate.
January 10, 2026
Who’s your No. 1 team heading into the season? Cubs listed at 10. Feels accurate.
15 comments
I think 10 for us is accurate to start the season. Also think brewers at 6 is too high
I think the Jays. A lot will depend on what else happens in FA.
Cubs at ten feels about right.
pretty Solid ngl the Top 3 is good too
However if the Cubs could make a swing at a high end bat or two then I could argue moving us up to 6 or 5 max
I don’t really see how the O’s and Mets are ahead of us. Neither have done anything extreme to improve on teams that didn’t make the playoffs.
The O’s at #9?
Idk if I agree the Mets are ahead of Cubs. Mets have gotten worse and missed the playoffs.
That’s optimistic to me. We’re losing Tucker, and there will be regressions.
The front office hasn’t shown a willingness to go after the best players, so I doubt they’ll get Bregman, Belli, Kyle Tucker, or Bo Bichette.
I think it’s hard to argue against having Jays and Dodgers 1 & 2 and I think you could argue with the Jays adding Cease and the Dodgers core being 1 year older the Jays start 2026 as #1, especially if they retain Bo or sign Tucker. But also back to back champions with seemingly unlimited resources, either could be #1.
Outside of that, I don’t hate the Cubs at 10 but I also wouldn’t have hated them at 15.
I still think they need a bat but I also do like the fact they are positioning themselves to give Big Mo a lot of ABs.
Honestly, I think they made the right move betting on Mo’s bat and trading ONKC. Owen could be a perennial all star, but his swing and miss could also relegate him to being a platoon 4th outfielder, remains to be seen. Mo hits the ball and I am very partial to contact and extremely partial to big bodies
Unless Pete continues developing and puts together a more consistent season, I think we’re going to regress. We were already struggling offensively for long periods last season and now we won’t have Tucker. I’m worried runs will be hard to come by.
(This is assuming we don’t add another bat).
I think 1-4 is probably right, the rest can slide 1 or 2 spots depending on free agency.
I dont see any signing left that would propel anyone, unless someone gets Skenes.
It’s an honor to be nominated.
Cubs are #1!!!!
This reeks of optimism until they add another bat. Milwaukee is high on this list though and I think that’s foolish.
I’d put Cleveland ahead of the cubs. Maybe Houston. Maybe Atlanta. Actually definitely Atlanta they will be in the thick of things again.
Put Atlanta and Cleveland above the cubs and move Milwaukee behind them. Cubs 11
Lol at ranking a worse Mets team from last year’s non playoff team as the 8th best team in baseball.
15 comments
I think 10 for us is accurate to start the season. Also think brewers at 6 is too high
I think the Jays. A lot will depend on what else happens in FA.
Cubs at ten feels about right.
pretty Solid ngl the Top 3 is good too
However if the Cubs could make a swing at a high end bat or two then I could argue moving us up to 6 or 5 max
I don’t really see how the O’s and Mets are ahead of us. Neither have done anything extreme to improve on teams that didn’t make the playoffs.
The O’s at #9?
Idk if I agree the Mets are ahead of Cubs. Mets have gotten worse and missed the playoffs.
That’s optimistic to me. We’re losing Tucker, and there will be regressions.
The front office hasn’t shown a willingness to go after the best players, so I doubt they’ll get Bregman, Belli, Kyle Tucker, or Bo Bichette.
I think it’s hard to argue against having Jays and Dodgers 1 & 2 and I think you could argue with the Jays adding Cease and the Dodgers core being 1 year older the Jays start 2026 as #1, especially if they retain Bo or sign Tucker. But also back to back champions with seemingly unlimited resources, either could be #1.
Outside of that, I don’t hate the Cubs at 10 but I also wouldn’t have hated them at 15.
I still think they need a bat but I also do like the fact they are positioning themselves to give Big Mo a lot of ABs.
Honestly, I think they made the right move betting on Mo’s bat and trading ONKC. Owen could be a perennial all star, but his swing and miss could also relegate him to being a platoon 4th outfielder, remains to be seen. Mo hits the ball and I am very partial to contact and extremely partial to big bodies
Unless Pete continues developing and puts together a more consistent season, I think we’re going to regress. We were already struggling offensively for long periods last season and now we won’t have Tucker. I’m worried runs will be hard to come by.
(This is assuming we don’t add another bat).
I think 1-4 is probably right, the rest can slide 1 or 2 spots depending on free agency.
I dont see any signing left that would propel anyone, unless someone gets Skenes.
It’s an honor to be nominated.
Cubs are #1!!!!
This reeks of optimism until they add another bat. Milwaukee is high on this list though and I think that’s foolish.
I’d put Cleveland ahead of the cubs. Maybe Houston. Maybe Atlanta. Actually definitely Atlanta they will be in the thick of things again.
Put Atlanta and Cleveland above the cubs and move Milwaukee behind them. Cubs 11
Lol at ranking a worse Mets team from last year’s non playoff team as the 8th best team in baseball.