Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Brewers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
In this week’s Reacts survey, we asked fans to grade the Brewers at the unofficial midpoint. The results were about what you’d expect:
The Brewers, who currently sit at 59-37 with a five-game lead in the NL Central and the second-best record in baseball, overwhelmingly received positive grades in the poll, with 86% of votes coming at A- or higher. The “A” grade finished at the top with 41% because, after all, there’s always room for improvement.
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Rather than rehashing how well the Brewers have done this season, I decided to take a look at the grades and expectations of others around the league at this point.
To begin, you can take a look at our staff midseason awards and grades, where you’ll see that five of our six contributors gave Milwaukee an A (with only Jackson putting them at an A-).
The Athletic also released their latest poll results this morning, as 21/22 voters picked Milwaukee to win the NL Central (the lone other vote went to Chicago), all 22 voters said Milwaukee will make the postseason, 3/22 picked Milwaukee to win the NL pennant, and 2/22 picked the Brewers to win the World Series. Also of note: 3/22 voters picked the Brewers to finish the season with the most wins, 4/22 picked the Brewers to win at least 100 games (a threshold the franchise has never achieved), and 13/22 picked Milwaukee as their “dark horse” World Series contender. Lastly, 15/22 picked Jacob Misiorowski to win NL Cy Young, with Cristopher Sánchez picking up six votes and Shohei Ohtani receiving one vote.
ESPN’s second-half preview includes the Brewers as one of “The Big Four,” alongside the Dodgers, Rays, and Braves. They give Milwaukee a projected final record of 98-64, with 16.5% odds to win the World Series, second to only the Dodgers’ 27.5%.
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Bleacher Report released a list of bold predictions for each team, and they picked Jacob Misiorowski to set the franchise strikeout record, which currently sits at 264 by Ben Sheets back in 2004.
Lastly, I’ll just mention that FanDuel Sportsbook currently gives the Brewers -600 odds to win the NL Central (bet $600 to win $100), +270 odds to win 100-plus games (bet $100 to win $270), and +1100 odds to win the World Series (bet $100 to win $1100), tied with the Mariners for the fourth-best odds in baseball, behind only the Dodgers, Yankees, and Braves.
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