The 2017 Milwaukee Brewers season was one of exceeding expectations. Most major projections had the team winning around 75 games, give or take, and even the more optimistic fans on BCB were looking for a .500 season. Instead, the team won 86 games, leading the NL Central Division at the All-Star break by five games, and competed for a Wild Card spot to the bitter end before ultimately coming up just short of the postseason.
The season wasn’t really a fluke. Bill James’ Pythagorean Theorem for baseball projects that the Brewers should have won 85 games.