With the second week of tracking upon us, we can start to make comparisons and actually track things The community (N = 68) slightly weakened its support for both the general and field managers of the club, though more for Counsell, as his strong approval fell with the Brewers' on-field fortunes this week. David Stearns made a number of moves this week himself, and of course Miguel Diaz began his Cy Young/MVP/ROY season with the Padres, but his numbers saw only negligible movement. In other news, we think highly of Ryan Braun and poorly of Matt Garza.
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Craig Counsell is doing as the manager of the Brewers?
Wk 2 Wk 1 Strongly approve 7% 28% Approve 77% 65% Disapprove 4% 1% Strongly disapprove 2% 0% Undecided 10% 5%
2. Do you approve or disapprove of the job David Stearns is doing as the general manager of the Brewers?
Wk 2 Wk 1 Strongly approve 25% 29% Approve 68% 61% Disapprove 0% 3% Strongly disapprove 2% 1% Undecided 6% 5%
3. How many games do you expect the Brewers to win in the 2017 regular season?
Wk 2 Wk 1 65 or less 3% 3% 66 to 70 19% 9% 71 to 75 54% 51% 76 to 80 21% 36% 81 to 85 3% 0% 85 to 90 3% 1% 91 or more 0% 0%
4. What percent chance do you give the Brewers of making the postseason this year?
Wk 2 Wk 1 Less than 5 43% 31% 5 to 9 22% 28% 10 to 20 25% 28% More than 20 10% 13% ---- Mean 8% 10%
5. Do you approve or disapprove of how the Brewers are handling Ryan Braun’s health maintenance?
Apr Strongly approve 7% Approve 77% Disapprove 4% Strongly disapprove 2% Undecided 10%
6. How closely are you following the Brewers’ minor league affiliates?
Apr Very closely 37% Somewhat closely 29% Just a little attention 32% Paying no attention 2%
7. What do you think of as the Brewers' primary logo?
Script M with barley 37% Ball and glove 62% Another logo 2%
8. Who will win the NL Central this year?
Brewers 2% Cardinals 2% Cubs 97% Pirates 0% Reds 0%
9. When all the Brewers' starting pitchers are healthy, who should be out of the rotation?
Junior Guerra 2% Zach Davies 3% Wily Peralta 2% Chase Anderson 13% Jimmy Nelson 2% Matt Garza 68% They should use a 6-man rotation 12%
10. Which Brewer(s) will be an All-Star this year? (multiple responses allowed)
Ryan Braun 49% Travis Shaw 24% Jonathan Villar 15% Eric Thames 6% Keon Broxton 4% Neftalí Feliz 4% Wily Peralta 4% Corey Knebel 3% Jesús Aguilar 2%