TOP PLAY (WPA): The first run of the game went to the Mets in the sixth inning. With Michael Blazek on the mound and Michael Cuddyer already at first base Wilmer Flores struck a sharp double to left field. Shane Peterson played it off a carom and hit the cutoff man (+.203 WPA). In this instance, […]
Day: June 25, 2015
Teen Angst? No Worries on Gatewood and Harrison
On the first day of the 2014 first-year-player draft, the Milwaukee Brewers chose three teenaged prospects: left-hander Kodi Medeiros of Waiakea HS in Hawaii (12th overall), shortstop Jake Gatewood of Clovis HS in California (41st overall), and outfielder Monte Harrison of Lee’s Summit West HS in Missouri (50th overall). Medeiros, whose selection at the time was regarded as […]
Will Smith and The Slider of Death
As our benevolent overlord J.P. Breen wrote yesterday, the Brewers’ bullpen has been (or has deserved to be) one of the few bright spots in this altogether miserable 2015. Perhaps no reliever on the staff has pitched better than Will Smith, the owner of a sparkling 1.35 ERA and even shinier peripherals in his 26.2 innings of […]
Brewers Farm Update: Thursday, June 25
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (29-41), 17.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 10 0 Okla. City 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 13 2 RHP Tyler Cravy: 4.0 IP, 9 H, 6 […]