2018 MLB/Brewers Prediction Thread: Predictions Lock on 3/29

[Gianstoppable]

Like the offseason moves or not almost everyone so far has either Cain or Yelich as their offensive MVP.

Yelich could be an MVP candidate leaving Miami's ballpark and that isnt hyperbole IMO its common sense.

I'll just leave this here again: Christian Yelich's career 248 road games prorated over a 155 game season is .300avg, 0.373 OBP, 122 runs, 112 RBI, 25 HRs, and 24 SB.

His career home games prorated over a 155 game season is .280avg, .364 OBP, 112 runs, 73 RBI, 11 HR, 21 SB.

Those are staggering splits. If he just averages his career road numbers you're looking at an MVP candidate and that doesn't account for any Miller Park benefit.

I think its fair to say Yelich and even Cain will benefit from moving to Miller Park. Cain had 12 homers away last year and 3 at home, while hes not a huge power hitter he should hit 15-20 a year here for the next 2-3 years along with above average defense and good OBP. The top of our lineup is going to be very, very good.

[PANDEMONEUM]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 88W
Place In Divisional Standings: 2nd
Playoffs (Y/N): N
MVP Hitter: VILLAR
MVP Pitcher: JEFFRESS
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): AGUILAR
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): CAIN
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: SELLERS

[mlloyd10]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 89-73
Place In Divisional Standings: 2nd
Playoffs (Y/N):Yes
MVP Hitter: Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Anderson
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Pina / Jhoulys Chacin
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Santana/Davies
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: Buyers

MLB Predictions
AL Playoff Teams: Astros, Yankees, Indians, Red Sox, Angels
NL Playoff Teams: Dodgers, Cubs, Nationals, Brewers, Giants
NLCS: Dodgers vs Nationals
ALCS: Yankees vs Astros
World Series: Astros vs Nationals
AL MVP: Mike Trout
NL MVP: Kris Bryant
AL Cy Young: Chris Sale
NL Cy Young: Noah Syndergaard
AL Rookie of the Year: Eloy Jimenez
NL Rookie of the Year: Ronald Acuna

[WeekapaugGroove]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 88 - 74
Place In Divisional Standings: 2nd
Playoffs (Y/N): Y
MVP Hitter: Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Davies
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Villar / Taylor Williams
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Braun / Anderson (opening starter curse)
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: slight buyers

MLB Predictions
AL Playoff Teams: Yankees, Red sox, Indians, Twins, Astros
NL Playoff Teams: Nats, Cubs, Dodgers, Brewers, Rockies
NLCS: Dodgers
ALCS: Yankees
World Series: Dodgers
AL MVP: Trout
NL MVP: Harper
AL Cy Young: Sale
NL Cy Young: Sherzer
AL Rookie of the Year: Ohtani
NL Rookie of the Year: Acuna

[MikeIsGood]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 88 - 74
Place In Divisional Standings: 2nd
Playoffs (Y/N): Y
MVP Hitter: Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Hader
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Shaw (in that he doesn't disappoint) // Chacin
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Braun // Anderson
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: Solidly Buyers

Will do my best on the rest here...

MLB Predictions
AL Playoff Teams: Yankees, Astros, Red Sox, Indians, Twins
NL Playoff Teams: Nats, Dodgers, Cubs, Rockies, Brewers
NLCS: Nats over Cubs
ALCS: Yankees over Indians
World Series: Nats over Yankees
AL MVP: Trout
NL MVP: Harper
AL Cy Young: Sale
NL Cy Young: Syndergaard

[humanrefutation]

The general prediction I'm going for is that you'll have a few guys who will play a bit worse this year than they did last year, and the rotation will be in flux here and there due to injuries and a lack of ability. But, they'll stay in it due primarily to their two biggest contributors: Yelich, who has a monster season that has him in the MVP race, and Hader, who gets shuffled into the rotation in June and becomes a bonafide #2 behind Anderson.


Brewers Predictions
Record: 84-78
Place In Divisional Standings: 3rd
Playoffs (Y/N): N
MVP Hitter: Christian Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Josh Hader
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Orlando Arcia/Jhoulys Chacin
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Eric Thames/Zach Davies
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: Buyers

MLB Predictions
AL Playoff Teams: Yankees/Indians/Astros/Red Sox/Angels
NL Playoff Teams: Nationals/Cubs/Dodgers/Cardinals/Mets
ALCS: Yankees over Astros
NLCS: Cubs over Nationals
World Series: Yankees over Cubs
AL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
NL MVP: Kris Bryant
AL Cy Young: Chris Sale
NL Cy Young: Noah Syndergaard
AL Rookie of the Year: Franklin Barreto
NL Rookie of the Year: Ronald Acuna

[Ryan5UW]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 81-81
Place In Divisional Standings: 3rd
Playoffs (Y/N): No
MVP Hitter: Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Hader
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Villar/Fatt Albers
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Santana/Knebel
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: Neither

I think I had the hardest time narrowing it down to one pitcher to pick for biggest disappointment.

[Thunder Muscle]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 82-80
Place In Divisional Standings: 3rd
Playoffs (Y/N): No
MVP Hitter: Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Knebel
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Villar / Suter
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Santana / Anderson
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: Buyers

MLB Predictions
AL Playoff Teams: Astros, Yankees, Indians, Red Sox, Angels
NL Playoff Teams: Dodgers, Cubs, Nationals, Mets, Diamondbacks
NLCS: Cubs vs Mets
ALCS: Yankees vs Astros
World Series: Yankees vs Mets
Champs: Mets

[crkone]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 84-78
Place In Divisional Standings: 2nd
Playoffs (Y/N): Yes
MVP Hitter: Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Chacin
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Sogard/Miley
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Thames/Drake
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: Buyers

MLB Predictions
AL Playoff Teams: Astros, Yankees, Indians, Red Sox, Angels
NL Playoff Teams: Dodgers, Cubs, Nationals, Brewers, Cards
NLCS: Dodgers vs Cubs
ALCS: Astros vs Indians
World Series: Astros vs Dodgers
Champs: Dodgers

[El Duderino]

Brewers Predictions
Record: 87-75
Place In Divisional Standings: 2nd
Playoffs (Y/N): Depends on WC standings
MVP Hitter: Yelich
MVP Pitcher: Anderson
Most Pleasant Surprise (Position/Pitcher): Villar/Albers
Biggest Disappointment (Position/Pitcher): Catcher overall/Knebel
Are We Sellers or Buyers at the Deadline: Light buyers

[humanrefutation]

Playoffs (Y/N): Depends on WC standings

Really going out on a limb, there.

[paulpressey25]

Only pp and Mickey are old enough to get that. Unless the rest of you cheat and look it up.

Brewers team record 86-76
Dan Plesac wins Rolaids Relief man, wait, wrong era.

Seriously I think they'll be competitive and fun to watch but won't have enough to make it to the playoffs. That said, I like Stearns and have confidence they'll get there under him eventually if not this season.

Go Brewers!

[Thunder Muscle]

I also am banking on my faith in Stearns, but I think Counsell is going to face some pressure this year. If they plan to use Braun at 1B often, can't see having (3) 1B on the roster being beneficial. And juggling the OF is going to be interesting. In addition I have my concerns with the rotation. Hopefully they prove me wrong. But I would not be shocked if Anderson, Suter falter a bit. I don't know a ton about Chacin. Davies can be a crapshoot. We'll see.

[humanrefutation]

In case anyone is curious, FiveThirtyEight's MLB Predictions site, which updates after every game, has the Brewers pegged to go 83-79 with a 34% chance of making the playoffs and a 14% chance of winning the Central Division and a 2% chance of winning the World Series.

[MickeyDavis]

MLB season starts in an hour and this will be locked up. LAST CHANCE!

81-81, no playoffs

[humanrefutation]

Alright, with the first game about to get underway, I'm officially locking this up. We'll bump this up at the end of the season to see how we did.