My best over/under baseball win total is the Brewers OVER 80 victories.
The Brewers suffered a lot of bad breaks last season. I see a huge bounce back year for Milwaukee.
Their starting rotation is better than average with Yovanni Gallardo, Kyle Lohse, Matt Garza, Marco Estrada and Wily Peralta. They have a solid closer in Jim Henderson and excellent set-up guys in Francisco Rodriguez, Will Smith and Brandon Kintzler.
The Brewers were middle of the pack in the National League in runs scored, but that was with Ryan Braun missing 101 games and Aramis Ramirez being out for 70 games. These guys are legitimate All-Stars along with outfielder Carlos Gomez, shortstop Jean Segura and catcher Jonathan Lucroy.
If Mark Reynolds has anything left, the Brewers would have power at every position.
The NL Central is a strong division. However, I see regression from the Pirates and crippled Reds. The Cubs remain terrible. So I'm expecting the Brewers to finish above .500.
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On the handicapping front, I have my Parlay of the Week going today with an NCAA Tournament and NBA play. On Friday, I have my CBB Play of the Year going on an NCAA Tournament game. They can be viewed here: /pregamepros/pro-bettor/bettor.aspx?id=7746#capper.
As always, no bad luck!