Ryan Braun remains a Milwaukee Brewer, defying the expectations of many. It should surprise nobody, though, that Braun is projected to be the best player on the Brewers by a fairly wide margin. His 2.8 WARP and .288 TAV both dwarf the next best projections on the club, belonging to Orlando Arcia (2.0 WARP) and […]
Author: Jack Moore
When Will the Brewers Spend Again?
For fans in other markets, the fact that the Milwaukee Brewers will enter the 2017 season with Major League Baseball’s lowest payroll won’t move the needle at all. Milwaukee is competing with Minnesota to the west and Chicago to the south, they haven’t ever won consistently, and are in the midst of a rebuild. And […]
Matt Garza’s Final Escape Chance
The Brewers are about to enter spring training in a couple weeks with a rather remarkable salary situation: Just eight players on their 40-man roster will be making more than Major League Baseball’s minimum salary, by far the lowest in the league. Cincinnati features the next-lowest total at 11, and all but six squads carry […]
Improvement Isn’t A Given
Expectations remain tempered for the Brewers as spring training approaches in 2017. While there is plenty for devoted fans to get excited for, the national consensus is that Milwaukee will remain in rebuilding mode this season. After an exceptionally quiet offseason characterized by value plays like Eric Thames and Neftali Feliz, it’s hard to argue […]
What does success look like for Orlando Arcia in 2017?
Despite limited expectations, Brewers top prospect shortstop Orlando Arcia’s bat was still underwhelming in 2016. In his 55-game first stint with the big club, Arcia managed just a .219/.273/.358 batting line and struck out in 21.8 percent of his plate appearances. Arcia’s down year shouldn’t be much of a concern. Besides the fact that he […]
Why Free Agent Relievers Make So Much Sense for Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s hot stove season has been popping already, but most of that action has come on the trade market. The Brewers have signed just one free agent thus far, Eric Thames, at a bargain-bin tab of $16.5 million. That may not be the case for long, as the club is rumored to be on the […]
Don’t Let the Door Hit Free Agent Compensation on the Way Out
FanRag Sports baseball reporter and unofficial Arby’s pitch man Jon Heyman reported this weekend that Major League Baseball has put elimination of free agent compensation on the table as part of the ongoing collective bargaining agreement negotiations, potentially in exchange for an international draft. This is good news from a labor perspective — truly free […]
Hernan Perez and Talent Off the Scrap Heap
Hernan Perez’s full-season numbers in 2016 were nothing to write home about. The former Tigers top prospect finished with just a .272/.302/.428 batting line, as his modest power wasn’t enough to overcome his inability to reach base with consistency. But Perez really found his groove in the season’s second half. He closed the campaign by […]
Milwaukee’s Financial Flexibility Heading into Free Agency
The offseason is swiftly approaching, meaning it’s almost time for the second round of David Stearns and company’s rebuilding efforts in Milwaukee. The Brewers never looked like a playoff team by any means in 2016, but the fact that they improved upon their 2015 performance by five games despite all the talent that was jettisoned […]
Remembering Yovani Gallardo’s Brilliant 2011 LDS
Five years ago on Friday, the Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game Five of the 2011 National League Division Series, their first playoff series victory since 1982. The series ended with phenomenal drama, as the game-winning single in the 10th inning off the bat of Nyjer Morgan has been forever etched into Brewers history. […]