If we went back to spring training and showed ourselves what the standings would look like just a few days before Labor Day weekend, which teams would surprise, in a positive way, the most? And of these surprise teams, which are the strongest bets to make a deep postseason run?
We can lean on the preseason gambling win totals (a.k.a. over/unders) to help us see which teams are truly surprising the general public so far. Here are four teams most exceeding preseason expectations. All odds via DraftKings .
Milwaukee Brewers (+850 to win World Series)
Preseason wins over/under: 83.5
Current win pace: 101
Though the Brewers won the NL Central last season, they still qualify here thanks to how aggressively they're blowing their projection out of the water. They won 93 games last s