Building a Brewers narrative for 2016, it’s easy for many fans and analysts to focus on the negative. After all, the team was not expected to compete coming into the season, and given the number of second-chance players winning jobs, or roster stopgaps working for the big club, many simply expected the team to be […]
Day: June 23, 2016
Jeffress Isn’t as Good as You Think, Thornburg Is
When Will Smith went down with an injury, the closer’s role went to Jeremy Jeffress. On the outskirts, this made a lot of sense. Jeffress was linked in a number of trade rumors during the offseason, and giving him the primary closer role might increase his trade value. He also throws harder than most Brewers, […]