The Phillies -- and probably you -- will be on Ryno-watch this year.

The Mets weren't very good in 2012. They traded away their best pitcher. This isn't a formula for being better in 2013.

Ozzie's gone. Buehrle's gone. Reyes is gone. Josh Johnson is gone. Jeffrey Loria is laughing all the way to the bank, but I'm guessing Marlins fans don't think it's funny.

You remember the Bartman play. (The national media won't let us forget.) But did you know something almost exactly like it happened in a famous Cubs game, 19 years earlier?

The Braves made the wild-card game in 2012 and might have lost it due to a bizarre umpiring call. They've got the talent to get back there again in 2013, including a pair of Uptons.

The Pirates started hot, then collapsed. The Pirates started hot, then collapsed. That repeat is on purpose, because they did exactly that both of the last two seasons.

Yes, I know. You love to hate Ryan Braun. What about his teammates?

Former Cubs manager Dusty Baker has led the Reds to the postseason two of the last three years. Skill, talent or luck?