ALL DECADE BREWERS

My favorite team, the much maligned and quite possibly cursed Brewers. Yes, they play in an extremely difficult division and yes, we're the smallest market in the Majors.... but this past decade has arguably been the Brewers' best decade of baseball EVER! We're led by the LEGEND Christian Yelich and made the playoffs back-to-back for the first time in my life. What I'm saying is.... even though they didn't win a pennant IRL, you can't count us out of the All Decade Showdown league!

My all-time favorite cut out that I've done, for one of my all-time favorite players, MVP Yelich!!!

However, 2019 Yelich surpassed the MVP and took his spot on the All Decade team!

Lineup: What a stellar lineup!!! Leading off is Carlos Gomez, who had an electric few seasons in Milwaukee -- he's got speed and extra base pop, setting the table for 2019 Yelich and MVP Ryan Braun!!! They're the best 1-2 punch in the NL, and they both bring absolute MVP contender cards to the table. After you get through them, BAM, there's OB 10, HR at 17 Prince Fielder waiting to bash some homers. Rookie sensation Hiura brings an OB 9, HR at 17 card to the five hole... I know I'm excited to see what kind of cards he puts up in the 2020s! Even though he only had one year in Milwaukee, Yasmani Grandal put together the best catcher season of the decade for the Brewers. He's an OB 10, HR at 18 with an average arm. A pair of OB 8, HR at 16 studs are hitting in the 7-8 spots for some power. Rounding it all out is Jonathan Villar, who could be hitting leadoff, but sets the whole lineup again nicely! Overall -- it's a great lineup! Tons of power, tons of speed, and no weak points. As a fan, I'm licking my chops at putting this team into action!!

Rotation: Somehow, some way, the Brewers get the benefit of four Tier 2 starters, with three of them coming in as Control 6 guys. Fortunately for the Brewers, Colby did his calcs differently than I do, and that's how Grienke, Peralta, and Gallardo all got such amazing cards. I'm more than happy to honor these cards and use them in action -- plus, this 2012 Gallardo won my last league's NL Cy Young as the Breweres #4 starter! Also in the mix is 2017 Chase Anderson, who put together a stellar Tier 2 card! With the epic lineup and incredible bullpen, this rotation is definitely good enough to make the Brewers full-on World Series contenders!

Bullpen: As good as the lineup is, the bullpen may be the strength of the team. They've got three Tier 1 relievers to utilize, including a STRONG 2017 Corey Knebel, bringing a beastly "Pedro 01" type closer card. Then there's the very unique Josh Hader, who's 2 IP makes him a complete weapon (especially against the middle to bottom of lineups). Broxton is also a complete stud. Then they've got a couple Control 5, Tier 2 guys to eat up innings and shut guys down. There's not a weak link and it'll be shocking if the Brewers ever have a guy worse than Tier 2 ever pitching this season.

Overall, I'm definitely pleased with my favorite team!!! The Brewers come in at a (shocking) 7790 points!!! Yes, I'm as surprised as you are that the Brewers were so good, although credit must be given to Colby's Grinke, Gallardo, and Peralta cards for boosting the point totals... as well as that epic Josh Hader.... but as a Milwaukee fan, you won't hear me complaining! What's shocking is this isn't even a product of bias, the Brewers just happened to produce a lot of weird outlier cards across the Decade and it's a shame they couldn't put it all together for ONE LOUSY WORLD SERIES BERTH! But hey, Craig Counsell is the NL's best manager and Yelich is an undoubted contender for its best player, so let's see what the 2020s have in store! Until then, Milwaukee is unquestionably the chief contender with the Dodgers for the NL Pennant!

1.   Dodgers              8010 points
2.   Yankees              7920 points
3.   Brewers              7790 points
4.   Red Sox              7770 points
5.   Nationals            7670 points
6.   Astros                 7420 points
7.   Mets                    7230 points
8.   Reds                    7220 points
9.   Dbacks                7210 points
10.   Phillies                7200 points
11.   Blue Jays            7140 points
12.   Rockies               7090 points
13.   Rangers              7070 points
14.   Rays                    7060 points
15.   Cubs                    7000 points
16.   Twins                  6910 points
17.   Indians               6880 points
18.   (T17) Mariners  6880 points
19.   Angels                6870 points
20.   Orioles                6830 points
21.   Giants                 6800 points
22.   Braves                 6790 points
23.   Marlins               6750 points
24.   White Sox           6740 points
25.   Tigers                  6710 points
26.   (T25) Cardinals 6710 points
27.   Athletics             6670 points
28.   (T27) Pirates      6670 points
29.   Royals                 6570 points
30.   Padres                 6510 points

Now that all the teams have been released, get ready for a full-on preview with predictions for divisions and a look ahead at the All Decade season.... and then it's game time!!!