As the season moves into the last few weeks, the Milwaukee brass should be in the process of evaluating every player in the organization and making determinations on whether players can be contributing members to the next contending Brewers teams. Today, I’ll take a look at Scooter Gennett’s past, present, and future as a Milwaukee […]
Author: Andrew Salzman
Game One-Hundred Nineteen Recap: Brewers 6, Phillies 1
WHAT HAPPENED Ryan Braun and Taylor Jungmann happened. Braun kicked off the scoring in the first, scoring Jonathan Lucroy on a groundout to shortstop. Lucroy had previously tripled to to right. On that triple, he busted out of the box and had three on his mind the whole way; his path was made easier by the Phillies mishandling the […]
Hernan Perez: Man of the Future?
With the trade of Aramis Ramirez, the Brewers have decided to allow Hernan Perez to fill his spot at the hot corner and play his way into or out of the team’s future plans. While Perez has been with the team for almost two months now, most fans know little about him. I thought it would […]
Game 96 Recap: Diamondbacks 8, Brewers 3
Top Play (WPA) The top play of the game occurred in the fourth inning, when Ender Inciarte singled to centerfield. The hit scored both Aaron Hill, who had previously reached on a walk from Mike Fiers, as well as Oscar Hernandez, who already singled home a run earlier that inning. On the play, Inciarte advanced to […]
Brewers In The All-Star Game: A Retrospective
As we enter the All-Star break, I thought it would be fun to review past Brewer performances in the All-Star Game and rank them by WPA. Unfortunately, and I’m sure this comes as a surprise to you all, but even though This Time It Counts, there is not a meticulous database of every All-Star game […]
Game Eighty-Seven Recap: Milwaukee 6, Atlanta 5
TOP PLAY (WPA) The answer is so obvious that I considered putting something silly in this space to see if people were paying attention. Maybe Jonathan Lucroy gunning down Pedro Ciriaco or the first Carlos Gomez home run or Nick Markakis doing things in the outfield! However, after what our mother site did yesterday (I think […]
Dealin’ Doug at the Trade Deadline
One of the beautiful aspects of professional sports is that even when your team happens to be down in the dumps, the anticipation of something else always remains. It’s not a stretch to suggest that prospect watching and trade rumors often fill the imagination of any dedicated fan. Dreaming on that hot-shot shortstop who can’t legally buy a […]