In my household, a “chump” comes as highly regarded as any baseball player not named Jose Altuve, Khris Davis, Geoff Jenkins, or Scott Podsednik. I owe this concept to one of my closest friends and baseball watchers, when we cut our teeth with a wrecking crew tasked with watching the likes of Seth McClung, Craig […]
Day: May 19, 2017
The Call-Up: Paolo Espino
The Situation: The Milwaukee Brewers find themselves in unfamiliar territory early on this season: in first place in the National League Central at 24-18. The Brew Crew’s hot start has been thanks in large part to an offense that ranks second in the league with 221 runs scored. The pitching staff looked rather suspect early […]
Examining Keon Broxton
Outside of Eric Thames, there may not have been a more interesting player coming into the 2017 campaign than Keon Broxton. Acquired by the Brewers in December 2015, Broxton broke onto the scene in 2016. He slashed .242/.354/.430 in 244 plate appearances, accumulating a 1.4 WARP. Drag that out over a full season and you […]