The Brewers won the division 350 times in 2017. 350 times out of 5,000, the Brewers were better than the Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, and Reds. In the preseason, Baseball Prospectus alumnus Sam Miller published a fun perusal of the PECOTA oddities generated during playoffs odds simulations at ESPN. Of course, the Brewers were hardly on […]
Day: July 27, 2017
Travis Shaw: The Brewers MVP
On December 6th, 2016, the Milwaukee Brewers acquired Travis Shaw, Mauricio Dubon, Josh Pennington, and a Player To Be Named Later (Yeison Coca) from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tyler Thornburg. At the time, the trade was headlined by Thornburg, who was supposed to bolster the Red Sox bullpen behind Craig Kimbrel. Since […]