MLB playoffs: One bold prediction for each division series team

MLB playoffs: One bold prediction for each team

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 18: The 1998 World Series trophy is seen during a ceremony prior to a game between the New York Yankees and the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on August 18, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Blue Jays 11-6. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

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MIAMI, FL – JULY 10: Corbin Burnnes #39 of the Milwaukee Brewers pitches during the game against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park on July 10, 2018 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Miami Marlins)via Getty Images) /

The Brewers will use an “opener” or bullpen game strategy multiple times in one series

It’s already been announced that the Milwaukee Brewers will use Brandon Woodruff as an “opener” in game 1, so that ruined my original prediction of the Brewers using an opener strategy in one of the games in Milwaukee to open the NLDS, so we’ll go even further.

With a best-of-five series, it’s going to be more difficult to pull off two openers in one series, but this prediction is that the Brewers will be around long enough to do this in one of their series in the 2018 MLB playoffs.

The Brewers have loaded their NLDS roster in a way that sets up just three starters on the roster – Jhoulys Chacin, Gio Gonzalez, and Wade Miley. However, there are multiple guys that can be multi-inning arms that would work as an opener or handle multiple innings out of the bullpen – Corbin Burnes, Junior Guerra, Josh Hader, Freddy Pralta, and Brandon Woodruff.

With both Miley and Gonzalez being lefties, the Brewers could even choose to set up their opener games in such a way to split up the lefties, which would set up the second opener option in the NLDS if it were to happen in game 4 of the series.

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