The 2016 season was an important one for the Brewers. In 2015, Milwaukee changed their general manager, and a number of front office moves were made. This meant the team was going into a different direction, with a different set of people, with a different set of skills, and ideas. It was also a season […]
Author: Julien Assouline
The Ryan Braun Situation is Complicated
Ryan Braun is currently 32 years old. He will be 33 when the season starts. As you might remember, he was involved in a number of trade rumors during the trade deadline. This offseason, reporters are already asking David Stearns whether or not Braun will be traded. Stearns, as per usual gave a vague answer, […]
How the Brewers Are (and Were) Constructed
For the past few weeks, our esteemed editor in chief, Nicholas Zettel has been covering a number of trades the Brewers have made over the past year. What Zettel is doing, in part, is looking at how this Brewers team has been constructed. I thought this was an interesting topic, and idea, so decided to […]
Brewers Player Usage Over the Years
A few weeks ago, on the BP Milwaukee podcast, host Vineet Barot wondered how many players the Brewers used in 2016 and how that compared to other teams. I thought it was an interesting question and therefore decided to find out. For today I’ll just put it into Brewers historical context, and when I have […]
The Land of Opportunity
Every year new players get opportunities to shine, to show off their talents on the big stage. Some are rookies, others are bench players who got an opportunity because of injury. Baseball is filled with these type of players, players waiting on the edge for their time in the light. This year, the Brewers gave […]
The Trend of Brewers College Draft Picks
I know, I know, it’s the damn postseason, and I’m writing about the draft, but hell, the Brewers aren’t in the postseason and the draft is an important part of the rebuilding process. This all started because I was messing around with some draft data that I gathered from a wonderful website, you’ve already, probably, […]
Zach Davies is the True 2016 Brewers Ace
According to ESPN.com, Zach Davies isn’t scheduled to make another start. Thus, ends his rookie season. Davies finished the year with a 4.35 RA9, 3.89 FIP, and 3.95 xFIP. None of these numbers will stand out; in fact, these numbers suggest that Davies had a mundane rookie campaign. But, Davies has a DRA of 3.56. […]
Game 157 Recap: Brewers 8 Rangers 3
Top Play (WPA): Jonathan Villar had himself a night. He went 3-4 with two home runs and a double. His first home run came in the fifth inning. The Brewers at that point were up 3-2 and Matt Garza was pitching relatively well. Martin Maldonado got the inning started off with a walk, but it […]
Brewers and Miller Park Attendance
Last year, my colleague Jack Moore wrote about the Brewers quality attendance even in a losing season, “This year’s Milwaukee Brewers — a team that floundered horrifically out of the gate, won all of 68 games, and at no point from May onward came within 10 games within .500. And yet, a total of 2,542,558 […]
Game 144: Reds 3 Brewers 0
Best Play (WPA): If you started watching this game anytime after the first inning, you missed all of the scoring. In fact, the bottom of the first was the only half inning that saw any scoring. Wily Peralta was pitching for the Brewers, and after striking out the leadoff hitter, he walked Eugenio Suarez. Joey […]