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2007 Milwaukee Brewers Predictions
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2008 Milwaukee
Brewers Predictions!
The Brewers are one of those
teams one would call the exception to the rule. Despite a
very modest payroll, Milwaukee showed in 2006 that they
will be able to compete for the National League Central
title. The Brewers ranked near the bottom of the NL in
pitching, hitting, and defense last season due to some
costly injuries yet they were able to finish a close
fourth in the deep Central division. With the prospects
of a solid starting rotation, and growing offensive
threats in Bill Hall, Prince Fielder, and Ricky Weeks,
this is a team which can give the Cubs and Cards a run
for their money.
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With Ben Sheets the Brewers have themselves a 20-win
caliber pitcher, and with Chris Capuano they have one of
the best young lefties in the game. Last season, he only
tallied one victory in the second half which really cost
this team to move up in the standings. Jeff Suppan comes
over from the Cards landing the biggest contract in
Brewers team history. He’s not worth all those chips,
but he will fill one more void in this staff. Dave Bush
led the Brew Crew in wins last season, but it was only
12. Vargas also tallied 12 wins for the Diamondbacks
last season which was his career high. All five starters
in Milwaukee’s rotation have 15-win potential. That’s
the upside. This is the reality. Sheets has never won
more than 12 games. As I already mentioned, Capuano fell
off in the second half of last season. Suppan has a
record of just five games over .500 for his career. In
my opinion, the upside outweighs the pessimism here and
the Brewers have the makings of a great rotation.
Offensively, Rickie Weeks leads off for the Brewers. He
hit over .300 within the Central Division last year and
I expect this guy to steal over 30 bases out of that
lead off spot. J.J. Hardy is a very weak hitter in the
two hole. Bill Hall was a big surprise in 2006 while,
Koskie and Jenkins had disappointing seasons. The guy I
look to for a breakout season is Prince Fielder. He set
a Brewer rookie record by slugging 28 homeruns last
season. He is very young and will get better and better
each year.
One of the Brewers biggest concerns has to be their
defense. Hall makes the move from short to center field
ala Robin Yount, but I don’t foresee the same success.
Get ready for Hall’s power numbers to suffer at the
plate with the extra pressure there is on outfielders to
swing the biggest bats.
Last season was Milwaukee’s big chance to take the
division when just 84 wins would have won it, but
injuries prevented them from doing so. It’s going to
take a few more wins than that to get it done in 2007
and I don’t think Milwaukee has it in them. My best
guess is that Milwaukee will be a solid team to back in
2007 from a bettor’s perspective though. The perception
is that they are still a bad team. The starting pitching
staff is going to surprise you and we’ll take advantage
backing these boys, especially at home where they won
their most games in 2006 since 1992.
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