Cubs Broadcast Schedule, Sullivan on Sports Central, My West Division picks

The Cubs have released their broadcast schedule! Check it out.

Paul Sullivan on Sports Central:

• Sullivan is shocked to hear Lou says that he will consider moving Soriano down in the order.
• He is assuming Soriano would move to the 3rd, 5th, or 6th spot.
• Alfonso will hit where ever the Cubs want.
• Lou will look at Miles, Fontenot, Theriot, Gathright, Johnson, and even Fukudome in the lead off spot in Spring Training.
• Piniella still says that if Opening Day was tomorrow Sori would be batting first.
• Sully and Kap think are tired of the Rich Harden topic.
• Lou said today that he's going to rest his regular guys more than he ever has before.
• A caller asked about the Cubs signing Pedro Martinez. Paul and Kap don't think the Cubs need another health risk in their rotation.
• Another caller wanted to know about the bullpen. Sullivan thinks the pen has too many guys who have to rebound from poor seasons. The only guy you can really count on in the pen is Marmol.
• Kap would like the Cubs to go after Juan Cruz.
• Paul and David both think Jim will make a move sometime this Spring like he did with Reed Johnson last year.
• Sully mentioned Frank Thomas signing with the Cubs.
• Kap thinks the Cubs need to add a backup first baseman.
• Paul's 1-8 batting order is: Fontenot, Theriot, Soriano, Bradley, Ramirez, Lee, Soto, Kosuke/Reed.
• There's still 6 more weeks of Spring Training!

Some notes:

• According to Cubs.com Micah Hoffpauir appears to have a spot on the Cubs bench.
• "It's his job to lose," Lou said.
• Carrie Muskat Inbox
• MLB.com Q&A with Bobby Scales.
• Gregg Maddox will be an instructor for the Padres this Spring. (I wish he was going to be in Cubs camp instead of Padres)

Shifting gears, it's prediction time! I'll predict all the divisions in MLB by the end of the week.

My AL and NL West final Standings:

AL West

1. LA Angels- Clearly still the best team in the division despite off season losses.

2. Texas- With Josh Hamilton, Michael Young, Hank Blalock, Ian Kinsiler, and Nelson Cruz in their lineup they will manage 2nd even with their pitching staff.

3. Oakland- Not very good team. With Holliday and Giambi they will barely beat out Seattle for 3rd.

4. Seattle- 101 losses a year ago and they didn't improve enough be much better.

NL West

1. LAD- Even if Manny doesn't return, I still think they win the division unless Manny goes to the Giants. Good, young pitching and hitting.

2. Giants- Not good enough hitting, but strong staff. If they do sign Manny Ramirez I think they win the division, if not they could finish 3rd, but I gave them 2nd.

3. D-Backs- I don't think Arizona will be as good as they were a year ago. Even if they post an 82-80 record again, I don't think that's good enough to win the division.

4. Rockies- Lots of injuries last year, even if they stay healthy, I'd say they're a .500 team at best.

5. Padres- Re-building mode.

Will Carrol from Baseball Prospectus joined Kap...

• "What's not to like about the Cubs," he said.
• Carrol doesn't think that the lead off man really matters that much.
• Will thinks whoever is not the best 3-5 hitter should lead off for the Cubs.

I'll update this post if I come across anything tonight. If not, I'll keep you posted all week long.