The top 3 starting pitchers all had over 200 career wins when the season started, and two of them (Clemens & Johnson) are automatic first-ballot inductees into the Hall of Fame. If Glavine keeps going, he could also get in. Hard to believe after watching this slug score 212 points all of last year.

The Tigers are staying near the top with smoke and mirrors (bonus points and no injuries). I expect my team to slide a bit, but you never know. There are no caps on bonus points.

The Wahoos are the team to beat. They have solid pitching and great hitting. However, I detect a slight preponderance in HRs and saves. It also looks like they could improve their infield. Have Finley and Rhodes been put on the trading block yet?

Uh-oh. I see that the Tribe only has 4 saves and no closers, and the Wahoos have 35 saves (a pace for about 140). I think I hear some carney barking in Possum’s future. This could be like watching a train wreck in slow motion. The only thing that might save us is that Underbelly’s patented lightning response to trade offers could unnerve Possum into thinking there was something wrong.

There is a Keno play that pays big bucks if you select a bunch of numbers, and NONE of them get drawn. After the start the Tribe is having, Underbelly should go to the nearest Keno parlor and give this a shot.

I’ll be the first to admit that I thought Denny drafted a team for the ages – by far the worst team I remember on a draft day. I’ll tell you what – I was dead wrong. In fact, the more I look at his team, the more I like it. If not for untimely injuries to rookie phenom C Joe Mauer (batting .750 when he went down) and Richie Sexson, the Pirates might be right at the top. I love their starting pitching staff with Penny, Webb, H. Ramirez, Vazquez and Mulder. Their relievers are doing the job, even if Mesa is the only closer. They have some really good young players who are scoring some big points (Blalock, Mora, Jack Wilson, Jenkins, Jose Guillen, Nix, and Gerut). Watch out, Possum. You may have to host a party for Denny next year.

The Bronx Bombers have more players on the position leader lists above than any other team. Great job, also, on scheduling the monthly lunch meetings.

Randy Johnson is the top point man by a mile, with 301 to date. Did you know that the players drafted just before and after him have combined for a total of 0 points? He was sandwiched in between Mark Prior and Nomar Garciaparra.

Sorry, Blongo, about the slight nudge I gave you at the draft to take Prior, as you were precariously leaning over the precipice, deciding between Prior and Randy Johnson.

I have reviewed the Reds’ roster. As Dean Wormer might say, "Old, bad and injured is no way to go through life, son."

Speaking of the Reds, there hasn’t been much chattering this year from the wire where Magpie is perched. I did see that he’s up to his old bottom-feeding ways, snatching up Jose Contreras after he was regurgitated by the Wahoos.

The Cubs sure have a bunch of guys off to disappointing (lousy) starts. I would include Sweeney, Vidro, Smoltz, Sosa, Hidalgo and Mussina in that category.

Before the season, if you knew that through May 23rd, the Senators would have the most pitching points, and that their shortstop Mike Young would be the top rated hitter, you probably would have expected them to be 350 points ahead of the pack – not 350 points out of first.

It looks like it might be a dogfight between the honey-bee bettors, as the Chiefs, Senators and Redbirds are bunched up like a tight slip. I can’t really say that I like any of the teams in the bets, or that I like any of these teams, period.

If J.D. Drew and Griffey play injury-free the whole year for the Skipjacks, there can be no doubt that Johnny is the luckiest man on the face of the earth.