It appears that a new Era of Good Feelings has arrived at BCB. The Brewers ended another strong week a game out of first place, and have since taken over the top spot. Real world events, such as the head-scratchingly hot start by Eric Sogard, have collided with this week's poll questions to show unprecedented levels of support for team management. The community (N = 81), for the first time, has given unanimous approval to David Stearns, with 44% strongly approving. For his part, Craig Counsell received his best marks since week 1, although his strong disapproval figure reached a (very low) season high as well. More specific to community expectations, the team's strong performance against the Red Sox and Mets (retroactively making the 2017 Brewers the 1986 World Series champs) helped expected wins and playoff likelihood to surge to season highs. A quarter of the way through the season, the Brewers are in first place -- unbridle your enthusiasm!
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Craig Counsell is doing as the manager of the Brewers?
Wk 7 Wk 6 Wk 5 Wk 4 Wk 3 Wk 2 Wk 1 Strongly approve 27% 17% 18% 14% 24% 7% 28% Approve 64% 73% 77% 78% 65% 77% 65% Disapprove 0% 4% 0% 0% 3% 4% 1% Strongly disapprove 4% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 0% Undecided 5% 4% 4% 6% 7% 10% 5%
2. Do you approve or disapprove of the job David Stearns is doing as the general manager of the Brewers?
Wk 7 Wk 6 Wk 5 Wk 4 Wk 3 Wk 2 Wk 1 Strongly approve 44% 29% 44% 35% 31% 25% 29% Approve 56% 67% 51% 62% 65% 68% 61% Disapprove 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 3% Strongly disapprove 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 2% 1% Undecided 0% 4% 4% 2% 5% 6% 5%
3. How many games do you expect the Brewers to win in the 2017 regular season?
Wk 7 Wk 6 Wk 5 Wk 4 Wk 3 Wk 2 Wk 1 65 or less 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 3% 3% 66 to 70 0% 2% 0% 5% 3% 19% 9% 71 to 75 17% 25% 44% 48% 42% 54% 51% 76 to 80 53% 56% 44% 37% 40% 21% 36% 81 to 85 21% 17% 12% 11% 10% 3% 0% 85 to 90 9% 0% 0% 0% 3% 3% 1% 91 or more 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
4. What percent chance do you give the Brewers of making the postseason this year?
Wk 7 Wk 6 Wk 5 Wk 4 Wk 3 Wk 2 Wk 1 Less than 5 6% 8% 18% 21% 24% 43% 31% 5 to 9 11% 27% 26% 29% 27% 22% 28% 10 to 20 50% 50% 44% 33% 32% 25% 28% More than 20 33% 15% 13% 17% 16% 10% 13% ---- Mean 19% 13% 13% 13% 12% 8% 10%
5. How do you feel about the pace of Brewers games in 2017?
May Apr The games are moving too slowly 17% 10% The games are moving at a good pace 83% 90% The games are moving too quickly 0% 0%
6. So far in 2017, how many Brewers games have you followed live (through TV, radio, or being at the stadium) in a typical week?
May Apr None 7% 5% Just 1 or 2 17% 19% About half 28% 23% Most or all 47% 53%
7. What should the Brewers do with Zach Davies?
Continue with him in the normal rotation 83% Option him to Colorado Springs 11% Convert him to a reliever 3% Skip his next start as a reset 4%
8. What should the Brewers do with Wily Peralta?
Continue with him in the normal rotation 11% Option him to Colorado Springs 1% Convert him to a reliever 86% Skip his next start as a reset 1%
9. Who should the Brewers have brought up to fill Ryan Braun's roster spot: Eric Sogard or someone else?
Eric Sogard 68% Michael Reed 15% Kyle Wren 9% Ryan Cordell 4% Lewis Brinson 3% Brett Phillips 1%
10. Where do you place the Brewers in a "power ranking" of all of Major League Baseball?
1 to 5 2% 6 to 10 25% 11 to 15 58% 16 to 20 14% 21 to 25 1% 26 to 30 0% --- Mean #13
