The Brewers have had stability in center field since Carlos Gomez took over full time duties in 2012. He’s now in Houston. The top center-field prospects (Brett Phillips, Tyrone Taylor, Michael Reed) won’t be ready for regular playing time until mid/late-2016 at the earliest and possibly not until the beginning of the 2017 season. Thus, for right […]
Day: August 19, 2015
Jean Segura and Managing Expectations
Public perception is driven by how one performs compared to expectations. A sardonic cliche in the United States holds that one should “always under-promise and over-deliver.” If co-workers and managers don’t expect anything more than shoddy work, they’ll be impressed by mediocrity. Inflate expectations and/or perform exceptionally well from the beginning, mediocrity suddenly becomes unacceptable. Jean […]
Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, August 19
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (51-72), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Reno 0 8 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 17 23 3 Col. Springs 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 11 13 0 RHP Josh Roenicke: (L, 6-10) 1.2 IP, 7 H, […]
Game One-Hundred Twenty One Recap: Marlins 9, Brewers 6
WHAT HAPPENED Tyler Cravy took the hill for the Brewers tonight and struggled mightily from the get-go. Despite getting the first two outs in four batters faced, Cravy had trouble keeping men off the basepaths in the first inning. Unfortunately, by the time Cravy got through his fifth batter of the inning (yikes!), the bases […]