Official Site of the Brewers · Apr 8, 2018
BREAKING: Crew puts Yelich on 10-day DL
Yelich exits with oblique issue We are not looking for surprise teams, because such a thing is rare in baseball these days. On Sept. 1 last season, 17 of 30 teams were within 3 1/2 games of a postseason berth, and when it was over, only five clubs made it to October in both 2016 and '17.
Rather than look for surprises, let's go for teams that might be better than we expected them to be. Some, like the Mets and Angels, were widely seen as postseason contenders, if not favorites.