Spring is in the air which means its time for predictions. Every year every baseball fan, writer, and blogger spends a few thousand words making predictions for the upcoming year. This year I've decided to corrall all the predictions I can find in one place, so at the end of the year we can see how everybody did.

First on deck is our very own Rob used Zips to come up with a prediction of 91-71 for the Redbirds this year.

AOL Sports News predicts a Yankeeds World Series Win. Also that Bonds passes Ruth and more relevantly that the Astros fall to 4th place.

Absolutely Adequate at Fantasy Baseball Cafe sees the Cardinals getting the wildcard losing the division to the Cubs.

My prediction? Cardinals walk to the division title as the NL central reverts to the mid 90's jokey days. The Astros plummet, the Cubs don't have enough offense to mount a threat. The Cardinals win ~92 games mixing brilliant stretches with miserable ones. We head to the playoffs with no idea which team will show up.

The Brewers, Reds, and Pirates are joined by the Astros in the bottom of the division with the Cubs holding onto #2 and meandering towards the wildcard but never quit make it.

If you have predictions on the 2005 season, either a link, or a personal prediction email me at josh@thebirdwatch.com and I'll put them up here for post season mockery.

Added 2/24/04

Cards Fan in Cubs land calls the central for the Cards:

1. St. Louis Cardinals 2. Chicago Cubs 3. Milwaukee Brewers (Yes, really) 4. Houston Astros 5. Cincinnati Reds 6. Pittsburgh Pirates

I thought about putting the Brewers at the top of the bottom of the pile, but didn't have the guts.