8 MLB Teams That'll Have a Worse Record in 2024 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors
Isabella Ramos
Published Mar 25, 2026
2023 Record: 92-70
2024 Win Total Line: 77.5
2024 PECOTA Projection: 79.0 wins
2024 FanGraphs Projection: 80 wins
Not only have there consistently been six to eight teams that got at least 10 games worse from one year to the next, but there were at least two teams that got at least 21 games worse in each of the five two-year stretches we looked at. (Mets and Cardinals last year; A's, Giants and Reds the year before that; etc.)
And if you're picking one candidate to fit that description this year, it is most definitely the Milwaukee Brewers.
It has been a nice run for Milwaukee. Not so much in the postseason, but in winning at least 53 percent of games played in each of the past six 162-game seasons.
However, they barely look like the same team that won 92 games and the NL Central crown last season.
Gone are Corbin Burnes (traded to Orioles), Adrian Houser (traded to Mets), Brandon Woodruff (re-signed, but expected to miss the entire season), Eric Lauer (still a free agent), Julio Teheran (still a free agent) and the combined 84 starts they made last season.
They leave behind a starting rotation where Freddy Peralta is the ace, I guess? Where Aaron Ashby will be key after missing all of last season? And where Joe Ross might be a fixture after not making an MLB appearance since August 2021?
In the lineup, rookie Jackson Chourio is at least an exciting addition to the outfield, but there are a lot of new pieces and quite a bit of uncertainty at both third base and DH. Moreover, it's likely that impending free-agent shortstop Willy Adames will be traded if and when they throw in the towel on what could be a 90-loss season. Even their big offseason acquisition, Rhys Hoskins, could land on the trade block, as the second year of his deal is a player option.
Milwaukee isn't blatantly tanking like Oakland did two years ago. Rather, to their credit, the Brewers are still trying to build a contender after accepting the reality that Burnes wasn't going to sign a long-term extension.
It just doesn't look very promising in 2024.
