Well, Brewers fans, it’s that time of the year again! With spring (most of the time) comes the start of baseball season, and renewed hope for every MLB franchise. For the Milwaukee Brewers, this season is bringing about some mixed predictions as far as their success is concerned.
However, on the surface, the team could well have more than meets they eye, especially on the offensive side. After all, when you have a lineup foundation that revolves around Christian Yelich and Keston Hiura, that’s not a half bad place to start. Throw in the pitching staff aced by Brandon Woodruff with Josh Hader and Devin Williams in the bullpen, and Milwaukee has a solid structure towards a fourth consecutive postseason berth.
So, without further ado, here is my prediction for the Brewers’ Opening Day 26-man roster for 2021!
Brewers pitchers Brandon Woodruff (left) and Devin Williams (right)
Pitchers (13)
NOTE: S denotes starting pitcher
Brett Anderson (S)
- 2019: 13-9, 3.81 ERA/2020: 4-4, 4.21 ERA
Ray Black
- 0-1, 5.06 ERA/0-0, 3.00 ERA (3.0 IP)
Corbin Burnes (S)
- 1-5, 8.82 ERA/4-1, 2.11 ERA
Josh Hader
- 3-5, 2.62 ERA, 37 SV/1-2, 3.79 ERA, 13 SV
Adrian Houser (S)
- 6-7, 3.72 ERA/1-6, 5.30 ERA
Josh Lindblom
- 2020: 2-4, 5.16 ERA
Freddy Peralta (S)
- 7-3, 5.29 ERA/3-1, 3.99 ERA
Angel Perdomo
- 0-0, 20.25 ERA (2.2 IP)
Drew Rasmussen
- 1-0, 5.87 ERA
Brent Suter
- 4-0, 0.49 ERA/2-0, 3.13 ERA
- 0-0, 3.95 ERA/4-1, 0.33 ERA
Brandon Woodruff (S)
- 11-3, 3.62 ERA/3-5, 3.05 ERA
Eric Yardley
- 0-1, 2.31 ERA/2-0, 1.54 ERA
Catchers (2)
Omar Narvaez
- 2019: .278/22 HR/55 RBI 2020: .176/2 HR/10 RBI
Manny Pina
- .228/7 HR/25 RBI, .231/2 HR/5 RBI
Infielders (6)
Orlando Arcia
- .223/15 HR/59 RBI, .260/5 HR/20 RBI
- .303/19 HR/49 RBI, .212/13 HR/32 RBI
Daniel Robertson
- .213/2 HR/19 RBI, .333/0 HR/2 RBI
Luis Urias
- .223/4 HR/24 RBI, .239/0 HR/11 RBI
Daniel Vogelbach
- .208/30 HR/76 RBI, .209/6 HR/16 RBI
Kolten Wong
- .285/11 HR/59 RBI, .265/1 HR/19 RBI
Outfielders (5)
Jackie Bradley Jr.
- .225/21 HR/62 RBI, .283/7 HR/22 RBI
Lorenzo Cain
- 2018: .308/10 HR/38 RBI, 2019: .260/11 HR/49 RBI
Avisail Garcia
- .282/20 HR/72 RBI, .238/2 HR/15 RBI
Tyrone Taylor
- .400/0 HR/1 RBI, .237/2 HR/6 RBI
- .329/44 HR/97 RBI, .205/12 HR/22 RBI
There you have it! I, for one, will keep an eye out as to how accurate these predictions come out to be early in the coming week, but I’m feeling pretty confident. Not only in the predictions above, but in Milwaukee’s ability to use this roster to reach the postseason once again in 2021.
Opening Day is almost here Brewers fans! We hope you’ll join us here at Wisconsin Sports Heroics on the journey to come.
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