Brewers Reacts Survey Results: Brewers picked to finish first by Milwaukee fans but second nationally

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of followers throughout the MLB. All year long we ask questions of essentially the most plugged-in Milwaukee Brewers followers and followers throughout the nation. Join right here to take part within the weekly emailed surveys.

On this week’s Reacts Survey, we requested followers the place they count on the Brewers to complete within the NL Central. The Crew has received the division two straight years and three of the final 4 years, although no group from the division has superior past the primary spherical of the playoffs since 2019 when the Cardinals have been swept within the NLCS.

Within the nationwide survey, the Cubs picked up 42% of the vote for a first-place end, carefully adopted by the Brewers at 35%. The opposite 23% was break up pretty evenly between the Reds (12%), Pirates (6%), and Cardinals (5%). Amongst Brewers followers, 58% picked Milwaukee to win the division once more in 2025, whereas 28% picked the group to complete second, 11% to complete third, 2% to complete fourth, and 1% to complete final.

FWIW, FanDuel has Chicago because the NL Central favourite with -105 odds, with Milwaukee (+290), Cincinnati (+490), Pittsburgh (+1000), and St. Louis (+1000) falling in line behind them.

In our different survey query of the week, we requested followers who will likely be Milwaukee’s major shortstop out of spring coaching. With three starting-caliber infielders in Joey Ortiz, Brice Turang, and Rhys Hoskins, the group is trying to fill a gap up the center with the departure of Willy Adames. Hoskins at first base is the one foregone conclusion, with Ortiz and Turang each potential choices to begin at SS.

Past these two, main candidates to spherical out the infield embody Andruw Monasterio, Caleb Durbin, and Oliver Dunn. Vinny Capra and Isaac Collins are additionally potentialities. Earlier this week, Brewers proprietor Mark Attanasio implied Ortiz might “slide over,” and supervisor Pat Murphy revealed Ortiz will begin at brief in Saturday’s spring coaching opener, although Sophia Minnaert did report he stated to not learn an excessive amount of into that alignment.

Nonetheless, all of that led 76% of Brewers followers to foretell Ortiz would be the group’s beginning shortstop out of spring coaching, with Turang in a distant second at 17%. Monasterio garnered 6% of the vote, and simply 1% stated another person. If Ortiz does transfer over to shortstop, that can depart a gap at third base, with Monasterio, Durbin, Dunn, Capra, Collins, and even Tyler Black able to taking part in there. We’ll see what occurs as spring coaching performs out.