Two years ago, Jean Segura looked like one of baseball’s bright young stars. Milwaukee acquired him from the Angels in the Zack Greinke trade, and his first full year in the majors was a resounding success. Since then, he has not lived up to the lofty expectations he established for himself in 2013. He has […]
Day: October 16, 2015
How Unlucky Was Jonathan Lucroy in 2015?
Earlier this week, I covered one underappreciated element of Jonathan Lucroy’s 2015 hardship. Even without taking into account double plays, he clearly came up short — his TAv fell 52 points, from .306 in 2014 to .254 in 2015. For a team that lost 94 games and generally had trouble scoring runs, this only made […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Brett Phillips and Flipped Bats
Good morning! And welcome back to Rolling Out the Barrel. While the MLB playoffs have gone fully off the rails, the season for the Brewers organization rolls on only in Arizona, where Brett Phillips, Josh Hader, et al., are participating in the Arizona Fall League. I really hope you were able to catch the madness […]