Comments on: Jeffress Isn’t as Good as You Think, Thornburg Is

By: Milwaukee - Baseball Prospectus

Milwaukee - Baseball Prospectus — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:35:35 +0000

[…] in June, I wrote an article about Tyler Thornburg and Jeremy Jeffress. The point I made was that Thornburg’s ERA wasn’t misleading because it was in line with his […]

By: Milwaukee - Baseball Prospectus

Milwaukee - Baseball Prospectus — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:02:15 +0000

[…] 2.23 ERA doesn’t reflect it, he’s encountered some 2016 problems too. In June, my colleague Julien Assouline noted that Jeffress’s strikeout rate has dropped off a cliff this year — he’s fanned 17.3 […]

By: Julien Assouline

Julien Assouline — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:30:49 +0000

Thanks! Both Jeffress and Thornburg are under team control until 2020, so I don’t see the Brewers signing them. Relievers are also very fickle therefore, if the Brewers can get a good offer I wouldn’t hesitate to trade them. That said if they don’t, I don’t have a problem holding onto to them.

By: Spahnnie

Spahnnie — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 21:46:05 +0000

Perfect analysis. Sign Tyler through ’20, then make him the closer. Although Jeffress doesn’t rack up Ks his wicked movement and velocity are tough to center on. Sign him to ’20 also. Stockpiling talent is what it takes to win. He’s tougher than Krod.