May Schedule Looks Good

[Bryn Upton]

I was looking at the standings this morning and I noticed that so far, the Brewers have played nine series, and as of today three of those were against below .500 teams. They have won or split seven of those series.

NYM 14-13, MIN 14-13, SEA 15-13, CIN 15-13, BAL 17-10, SD 14-17, STL 13-15, PIT 14-15, NYY 19-10  for a total of 135-119 (.531)

The Brewers' next ten series include five opponents that are currently in last place. They have two series against the Cubs, and a series each against Boston and KC, for a total of 13 games between now and June 2. The other 20 games in that stretch are against teams that are currently a combined 61-110 (.357).

Two road trips stand out in May; the first road trip to CHC and KC, both are good teams sitting in second place in their divisions and have good home records. Both will challenge the Brewers in different ways, KC has better pitching and CHC has a strong offense. The next road trip after that will go to HOU and MIA, two of the worst teams in the MLB so far this season. MIA is 2-14 at home and has a team ERA of 5.01 while opponents are batting .260 against HOU.

Given the level of competition, the Brewers cold be positioned well to stay at or near the top of the NL Central into June.

 

[MoreTrife]

I have no stats to back this up but glancing at the schedules this first month Brewers have had a pretty tough schedule and the Cubs have had a pretty easy one. But I could be wrong. 

[sveumrules]

44 minutes ago, MoreTrife said:

I have no stats to back this up but glancing at the schedules this first month Brewers have had a pretty tough schedule and the Cubs have had a pretty easy one. But I could be wrong. 

Your eyes do not deceive you.

According to Strength of Schedule on ESPN the Brewers have had the 4th hardest slate so far (.550 W%) while the Cubs have had 2nd easiest slate so far (.452 W%).