Before getting into the AL Central, let's take a quick look at one issue that the Darryl Strawberry issue has raised. Strawberry was suspended by Major League Baseball for one year after testing positive for cocaine. This is not the first time Strawberry has tested positive, nor is it the first time he's been suspended. But even after multiple offenses, Strawberry will still be allowed to play Major League Baseball after his one year suspension. When Rome posed the question issued above, Selig basically said that the offenses were not comparable.
Strawberry has a problem.
He has issues that he needs to deal with. But what Pete Rose did brings the entire integrity of the game into question. If Rose did affect the game itself, then baseball is nothing better than professional wrestling. The AL Central consists of one major power and four runner up's. Here are five articles written by the home town newspaper of each team outlining the chances of their team.