THREE TRENDING UP SS Orlando Arcia Arcia has blossomed into a bona fide top-100 prospect, if not more. He’s hitting .308/.351/.448 with four homers and eight stolen bases for Double-A Biloxi, and his defense has also gotten rave reviews from scouts. He’s a well-rounded hitter with sneaky pop, which should allow him to wear out the […]
Day: July 1, 2015
Game Seventy-Nine Recap: Brewers 4, Phillies 3
TOP PLAY (WPA): On his 23rd pitch of the eighth inning, Ken Giles left a 98-mph heater over the plate against Aramis Ramirez with runners on first and second. It appeared that Ruiz wanted it a bit further off the plate from the Brewers’ third baseman, who has actually been swinging the bat better lately. However, Giles, likely tired […]
Overtaxing The Brewers’ Bullpen
On Monday’s game versus the Phillies, the Brewers found themselves in an all-too-familiar situation. Their starter, Jimmy Nelson, wasn’t pitching well, giving up a pair of runs in the first and second innings, which put the Brewers in an early 4-1 deficit. Nelson settled down, but he only managed to go five innings. The Brewers bullpen had to come […]
Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, July 1
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (31-45), 18.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 14 1 Nashville 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3 LHP Nick Additon: (W, 4-2) 5.0 IP, 6 H, […]