Another MVP in the NL Central

Joey Votto won the NL MVP award today, beating out another NL Central first baseman who's won a few MVP awards. Throw in the king-sized Prince of Milwaukee, who's had a couple of MVP-caliber seasons himself and is only 26 years old, and there's quite a collection of first basemen in the NL Central.

Oh, and then there are the Cubs, who have a payroll of over $100 million committed for next year but don't have anything resembling a first baseman on their roster right now. But don't worry, Cubs fans, because we still have Jim Hendry as our GM, and he'll find a way to...what's that? The new ownership is not adding payroll next year? Great, so now the Cubs won't have anything resembling a major league first baseman on their Opening Day roster either. Fifth place, here we come again!