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Milwaukee Brewers midseason betting report

Ryan Braun is producing at a level near his career peak during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. Bill Streicher/USA TODAY Sports

Editor's note: After a busy first half of the 2016 MLB season, Joe Peta takes a look at both the good and bad for all 30 teams to find overvalued and undervalued clubs from a betting perspective. He also projects each team's second half. This is the entry for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Records are reflective of all games played through Sunday. All statistics are through each team's 81st game. Season-to-date pricing adds the implied win probability from the money line of each team's first 81 games and converts it to 162 games.


Milwaukee Brewers

Vegas projection: 69.5 wins
My projection: 72 wins
Current record/pace: 38-49 (71-win pace)
Season-to-date pricing: 72.8 wins

What's gone right: The Brewers have legitimate weapons on offense. Ryan Braun had a mild revival last year after two subpar seasons, which followed a campaign cut short by a PED suspension; this year, he has returned to the form that made him a perennial MVP candidate. In fact, with a batting line this year of .328/.383/.546, Braun is having his best year since his MVP-winning and runner-up seasons in 2011 and 2012, respectively.