Despite qualifying for the postseason in seven of the last eight seasons and winning the NL Central in each of the last three, when offseason power rankings roll around, the Milwaukee Brewers generally find themselves several spots below where they end up finishing in the actual rankings the following year.
Some of this is Milwaukee's own doing. It's very easy, especially for members of the national media, to drop the Brewers down a few spots in the rankings immediately after they trade away one of their big stars, which they've done in each of the last two offseasons.