We’re back with another daily question, and today’s question is: What is the Brewers’ biggest weakness?
While the Brewers led the majors in wins last season, finishing with a franchise-best 97-65 record, the team completely fell apart in the NLCS against the Dodgers, losing the series 4-0 as they were outscored 15-4, scoring exactly one run in all four games.
While the pitching performances weren’t terrible — the team finished with a 3.71 ERA and 37 strikeouts across 34 innings — the offense did not show up whatsoever.
As a team, the offense went just 14-for-119, slashing .118/.191/.193 with one homer (a solo shot from Jackson Chourio), four doubles, a triple, 11 walks, 41 strikeouts, and four steals.
Not ideal in the playoffs.
In my opinion, that narrows it down to the offensive side of the ball for Milwaukee, but where is the biggest weakness? Joey Ortiz is the obvious answer after a dismal sophomore season, but after Caleb Durbin and the rest of the third base depth chart were traded to Boston earlier this week, it’s looking more like the entire left side of the infield.
I’ll leave the question to you: With spring training now here, what is the Brewers’ biggest weakness?
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