2017 Predictions

[MVP2110]

Ah Spring Training is here! Finally! So let's talk some baseball, I wanna hear everyone's predictions for the upcoming season.

 

Brewers Record: 79-83

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Villar

Brewers CY Young: Chase Anderson

Brewers ROY: Josh Hader

First player traded: Braun before his full NTC kicks in

Surprise player: Anderson

Disappointing player: Davies

World Series: Astros over Cubs

[MadThinker88]

Ok, here are my 2 cents

 

Brewers Record: 69-93

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Travis Shaw (Kent State product (go Flashes!) erupts as this seasons Villar)

Brewers CY Young: Jorge Lopez (in a bullpen role)

Brewers ROY: Jorge Lopez (in a bullpen role)

First player traded: Garza (Spring Training injury happens in another camp & Brewers are able to quickly strike a deal). Note: Braun does not get dealt. DS asking for too much & unwilling to pay more than $20 MM of remaining contract. Once full trade kicks it, its over).

Surprise player: Thames (transitions over much better then many hoped, produces solid but not eye-popping numbers)

Disappointing player: O. Arcia (more like Lindor- Lite Lite, ok D, BA in the .240 neighborhood)

World Series: '16 Rematch this time Tribe over Cubs

[Surhoff5]

Brewers Record: 75-87

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Keon Broxton - Even if he is close to 2nd half, I think he can be elite

Brewers CY Young: Zach Davies - Obvious choice, but I think he is Kyle Hendricks - Lite

Brewers ROY: Josh Hader

First player traded: Chase Anderson

Surprise player(s): Whatever Catching tandem makes the team

Disappointing player: Orlando Arcia - Don't believe in the bat yet

World Series: Dodgers over Red Sox

[FVBrewerFan]

Brewers Record: 73-89

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun

Brewers CY Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Hader

First player traded: Guerra (before season starts)

Surprise player: Barbosa

Disappointing player: Shaw

World Series: Red Sox over Nationals

[pacopete4]

Brewers Record: 75-89

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun

Brewers CY Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Arcia

First player traded: Scooter

Surprise player: Susac

Disappointing player: Villar

World Series: Red Sox over Mets

[dacbrewers]

Brewers Record: 72-90

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Perez

Brewers CY Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Hader

First player traded: Anderson

Surprise player: Pina

Disappointing player: Thames

World Series: Dodgers over Indians

[jjgott]

Brewers Record: 73-89

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun

Brewers CY Young: Guerra

Brewers ROY: Brinson

First player traded: Feliz at the trading deadline

Surprise player: Arcia (hits a lot better than last season)

Disappointing player: Santana

World Series: Indians over Nats

[CheeseheadInQC]

Brewers Record: 77-85

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun (although if Broxton shows no ill effects from the injury early on, I'd probably switch)

Brewers Cy Young: Davies (Not sure if he'll be the team's best pitcher by season's end, but the cumulative body of work will be the best)

Brewers ROY: Hader

First player traded: Torres (For some reason I've got a feeling he gets dealt before the All-Star break)

Surprise player: Jungmann (brought up a month or two into the season and ends up excelling out of the bullpen)

Disappointing player: Shaw (not sure why I'm more skeptical about him than some of the risk/reward guys, but I am)

World Series: Nationals over the Red Sox

[JohnBriggs12]

Record: 80-82

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Thames

Brewers Cy Young: Peralta

Brewers ROY: Hader

First player traded: Gennett

Surprise Player: Barnes/Thames

Disappointing Player: Shaw

World Series: Red Sox over Cubs, Thornburg gets final out fanning Rizzo.

[MadScientist]

Record: 77-85

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Broxton

Brewers Cy Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Pina (more by default than anything)

First player traded: Garza

Surprise Player: Garza (pitches reasonably well in the first half which lets the Brewers get something for him)

Disappointing Player: Braun (nagging injuries crop up, making him untradable for the foreseeable future)

World Series: Indians over Dodgers

[Ennder]

Brewers Record: 71-91

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Arcia but not with very good offensive numbers.

Brewers CY Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Someone in the bullpen

First player traded: Braun

Surprise player: Thames

Disappointing player: Guerra - if I've ever seen a year that screams fluke it is his. I expect closer to a 5 ERA than a 3.

World Series: Indians over Dodgers

[adambr2]

Brewers Record: 72-90

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Broxton

Brewers CY Young: I'll have to go with Jimmy Nelson. I have to think Guerra and Davies may have letdowns, and Nelson was by far our best until June last year. Maybe this is the year he finally shows it.

Brewers ROY: Forrest Snow

First player traded: Some reliever. I'll guess Torres

Surprise player: Thames

Disappointing player: Arcia

World Series: Red Sox over Cubs

[Eye Black]

Brewers Record: 74-88

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Jonathan Villar

Brewers CY Young: Zach Davies

Brewers ROY: Jacob Barnes

First player traded: Neftali Feliz or Carlos Torres

Surprise player: Andrew Susac

Disappointing player: Eric Thames

World Series: Indians over Dodgers

[nate82]

Brewers Record: 75-87

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Shaw

Brewers CY Young: Davies and he throws a perfect game against the Cardinals which eliminates them from the playoffs.

Brewers ROY: Brinson

First player traded: Nelson

Surprise player: Perez puts up solid numbers and everyone is wondering why he isn't starting somewhere.

Disappointing player: Santana with another injury plagued year.

World Series: Indians over Nationals

[BuckyBrewer61]

Brewers Record: 70-92, offense produces but starting pitching continues to disappoint

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Thames

Brewers CY Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Hader

First player traded: Unless someone somehow offers more than a sack of baseballs for Garza - someone in the bullpen. Feliz.

Surprise player: Thames - .270+, .850-.900 OPS, 30 HR

Disappointing player: Shaw (side note: Maybe others know this already, but Baseball-Reference has his nickname listed as "Mayor of Ding Dong City." Hopefully I'm wrong on this and we can use this frequently)

World Series: Cubs over Indians, part II (barf)

[pogokat]

Brewers Record: 81-81 (BOLD!)

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun

Brewers CY Young: Zach Davies

Brewers ROY: Josh Hader

First player traded: Garza

Surprise player: Villar is replaced by Hernan Perez in the starting lineup by July (BOLD!)

Disappointing player: Villar, obviously

World Series: sigh. Cubs over who cares. I'm not watching that happen again.

[Warning Track Power]

Brewers Record: 76-86

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Ryan Braun (Decline doesn't begin in 2017. .285, 28 HR, 100 RBI)

Brewers CY Young: Jimmy Nelson (Returns to a sub-4 ERA)

Brewers ROY: Orlando Arcia (Proves to be an Alcides Escobar clone)

First player traded: Scooter Gennett (Round peg/square hole. Can't be the super utility he is hoped to be)

Surprise player: Keon Broxton (hits .275 and proves the second half wasn't a fluke)

Disappointing player: Hernan Perez (AVG and OBP fall into the .250/.270 range. Becomes the 25th man on the roster.)

World Series: Red Sox over Dodgers

[yoshii8]

Brewers Record: 81-81

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Domingo Santana

Brewers CY Young: Zach Davies

Brewers ROY: Susac

First player traded: Braun

Surprise player: Santana

Disappointing player: Guerra

World Series: Red Sox over Nationals

[IndyCrew]

Brewers Record: 72-90

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun

Brewers CY Young: Anderson

Brewers ROY: Kyle Wren (Fills in as 4th outfielder)

First player traded: Peralta

Surprise player: Santana (most homeruns-32); Gennett (starting 2nd baseman to finish the year)

Disappointing player: Thames (Shaw becomes first baseman, Villar to 3rd, Gennett to 2nd)

World Series: Blue Jays over Cubs

[adambr2]

Brewers ROY: Orlando Arcia (Proves to be an Alcides Escobar clone)

 

Hey, that's cheating!

[bjkrautk]

Brewers Record: 74-88

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun

Brewers CY Young: Guerra

Brewers ROY: Woodruff (out of the bullpen)

First player traded: (throws dart at bullpen) Blazek

Surprise player: Arcia

Disappointing player: Thames

World Series: Red Sox over Cubs

[Greenleaf1]

Brewers Record: 78-84

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Santana

Brewers Cy Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Pina

First Player Traded: Guerra

Surprise Player: Pina

Disappointing Player: Shaw

World Series: Dodgers over Red Sox

[Boomer5]

Brewers Record: 67-95

Playoffs: No

Brewers MVP: Braun

Brewers Cy Young: Davies

Brewers ROY: Arcia

First Player Traded: Scooter

Surprise Player: Susac

Disappointing Player: Thames

World Series: Red Sox over Cubs for the most insufferable fan bases ever. I may not watch a single inning.

[tmwiese55]

What about the Cardinals for insufferable fan bases though? Very tough to pick between those 3 but I think I put Cards before Cubs as worse.

[adambr2]

What about the Cardinals for insufferable fan bases though? Very tough to pick between those 3 but I think I put Cards before Cubs as worse.

 

I generally find the Cubs to be more insufferable as a fan base, but the Cardinals' team and players themselves to be more insufferable as a team.

 

Off the top of my head, I've found TLR, Matheny, Wainwright, Carpenter, Molina, and Pujols all to be completely insufferable. I'm probably missing others, but their 'holier than thou' attitude has long been one of the biggest jokes in baseball. I can't think of a single Cubs player over the last decade or so that I feel the same about.