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Milwaukee Brewers: 2018 First half team awards

By Brian Sampson

PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 14: Manager Craig Counsell #30 of the Milwaukee Brewers talks with the press prior to a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on May 14, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 14: Manager Craig Counsell #30 of the Milwaukee Brewers talks with the press prior to a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on May 14, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) /
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PHOENIX, AZ – MAY 14: Manager Craig Counsell #30 of the Milwaukee Brewers talks with the press prior to a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on May 14, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ – MAY 14: Manager Craig Counsell #30 of the Milwaukee Brewers talks with the press prior to a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on May 14, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images) /

The Milwaukee Brewers are unofficially at the halfway mark following the All-Star Break. Let’s hand out some awards for the first half performances.

With the Milwaukee Brewers beginning the “second half” of the season on Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, it’s as good of time as any to hand out “mid-season” awards. Of course, those words are in quotes because the Brewers have already played 99 games, 18 more than the halfway point of the season.

Regardless, teams have wrapped up the All-Star break and have begun resuming play. Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock this season, you already know the tremendous pressure the Brewers are under. They led the division for most of the first half of last season before collapsing and allowing the Chicago Cubs to take over.

This season has been much of the same. They led the National League Central for most of the first half of a season before an awful final week, in which they lost six straight and seven of eight, costs them the division lead. They now trail the Cubs by three games entering Saturday.

There’s still plenty of time for the Brewers to catch up and for us to write about what it means if they don’t. For now, let’s hand out awards for the first half of the season. Each of these awards are based solely on Milwaukee’s roster. In other words, only players on their 40-man roster are eligible to win. And without further ado, let’s dive in

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