The season is just a few days old but some teams have got off to a very good start while others have started off sluggishly. Let's take a gander at the early season winners & losers.

Here's a look at the teams who are 3-0:

New York Mets

The Mets look great. I expect the Mets to have the best record in the NL this season they are doing a good job of living up to the hype early. Sweeping the defending champion Cardinals in the first series of the year is quite a way to start. Not only did they win all three games but the combined score of the the three games was 20 to 2. Ouch! The offense looks great and the pitching even better. How about John Maine last night? 7 innings of 1 hit ball. Offensively the Mets have been rolling in particular Beltran, Reyes, and Lo Duca are off to fast starts. Delgado and Valentin are struggling but I don't think anyone is too worried about that the way things are going now.

Minnesota Twins

Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer are picking up right where they left off last year. These guys are two of the best players in the majors. Morneau won the MVP last year and he's looking like he wants to challenge for another one this year. Mauer is looking like he may be one of the best hitting catchers ever. He's only 23 and he's got a career batting average of .322 with a .400 OBP and .472 SLG. He became the first catcher ever to win the AL batting crown last year at .347, surely that's just a fluke? After 3 games this season he's sitting at .455 (ah I love early season crazy numbers.)

LA Angels

These numbers say it all: Angels team batting average: .337, Angels team ERA 1.67. Sports Illustrated picked the Angels to win the World Series this year and Vladimir Guerrero (.545 batting average) and Gary Matthews Jr. (.500 avg) and the rest of the Angels are making SI's prediction look quite likely.

Pittsburgh Pirates

This is only the crap team sitting at 3-0. Are the Pirates going to surprise people this year or is this merely an early season fluke? I'm betting on fluke myself. They swept the Astros in their opening series and the Astros aren't too good either. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you are a Pirates fan you should enjoy this while you can. How about Salomon Torres 3 saves in the first 3 games? Surely he will continue this pace and finish the year with 162 saves, no?

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How about the 0-3 teams?

St. Louis Cardinals

This is the other side of the Mets series which means the defending champs have scored 2 runs in three games while giving up 20. Luckily for the Cards they are playing in a pretty weak division that they can probably win again with a win total in the low 80s. Are they distracted by the Tony LaRussa debacle? Are they satisfied after winning the rings last year? Did they run into a really good Mets team pissed off from last year? Some combination of the the three maybe. Regardless I wouldn't be *too* worried if I'm a Cards fan. I still think they are going to win their division. I think the Mets are the best team in the NL by quite some margin so it's not an easy early series either. The biggest early season disappointment has to be Albert Pujols who is just 1 of 10. Clearly Pujols will not continue to hit .100, expect the Cards to be up at .500 sooner rather than later.

Baltimore Orioles

The Orioles suck. Their team average in the first series against the Twins? .192 and that's despite Aubrey Huff hitting .455 in the series. Expect a lot more where this came from. The Orioles are going to finish well under .500 this season.

Texas Rangers

So far Sammy Sosa has 1 single in 7 at bats. Slammin' Sammy indeed. One can hope this is an indication of how Sosa's season will go. The Rangers have a team batting average of .161 after three games and not even one player hit .300 in their series against the Angels. Usually you have at least one lucky bastard, you know? The Rangers also suck. The Cards are not in good company!

Houston Astros

Another reason the Cards have no reason to get too concerned, last years biggest challengers are also 0-3. My bold prediction is that this years Houston team will be as much of a challenge. Clemens is not going to waste his time trying to save these guys again. Craig Biggio will get his 3000th hit this year but that's about all of the good news coming out of Houston.