We have been celebrating “Pitching Week” all week long at Baseball Prospectus, including the introduction of a couple new statistics, Called Strike Probability (CSProb) and Called Strikes Above Average (CSAA), to quantify control and command. Earlier this week for Brew Crew Ball, I took a look at how the current big league pitchers in Milwaukee […]
Day: January 27, 2017
A Minor League Contract Steal
Looking through a list of Milwaukee Brewers Spring Training invitees, I was surprised to see a name of a player I’ve heard quite a few times: Veteran relief pitcher Ryan Webb. It was hard to believe a solid bullpen piece like him could be had for the price of a minor league contract until taking […]