On Thursday, December 17, the Milwaukee Brewers announced that they traded first baseman Jason Rogers to Pittsburgh for minor-league outfielder Keon Broxton and minor-league righty Trey Supak. ***** The mark of a successful general manager is often executing the necessary moves with aplomb. Trade near free agents for prospects. Sign bounce-back candidates on minor-league deals. […]
Author: J.P. Breen
David Stearns Is Accumulating Options & Isn’t Done
The first two months of the David Stearns Administration has been anything but stagnant. In just the past week, the club has traded Adam Lind for a trio of teenage pitchers, acquired former top-200 prospect Garin Cecchini for cash, and grabbed a pair of interesting prospects in the Rule 5 Draft. Stearns hasn’t made a […]
Stearns Shows His Houston Roots In Trading Adam Lind
On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Brewers traded Adam Lind to Seattle for a trio of teenage pitchers who have yet to pitch in full-season ball in the minors and are not ranked in the Mariners’ top-30 prospects by MLB.com. It’s the sort of deal that elicits sighs and groans from the Milwaukee faithful, rather than fist […]
Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospects: #11-20
This morning, Baseball Prospectus proudly unveiled their Top-10 Brewers Prospects on the main site. The entire piece — which includes scouting reports, fantasy analysis, and an additional blurb on the state of the organization’s youth (full disclosure: I wrote the latter part) — can be read FOR FREE. Just a wealth of information at your fingertips. BP […]
Milwaukee Brewers Top-10 Prospects (FREE)
The Prospect Team at Baseball Prospectus has released their top-10 prospects in the Brewers’ farm system, providing in-depth scouting reports, fantasy analysis, and a ton more. It’s almost packed full of too much information in one place. You can read the article in its entirety FOR FREE right here. In the meantime, here’s a preview of […]
K-Rod Traded To Detroit: Stearns Has No Favorites
Since acquiring him from the New York Mets in the summer of 2011, the Milwaukee Brewers have inked Francisco Rodriguez to four separate contracts, including the two-year, $13 million deal with a club option that he signed prior to the 2015 season. His inevitable return to Miller Park has been an ongoing joke within the Brewers’ […]
Three Sensible Free-Agent Targets For Brewers
Rebuilding teams should not ignore the free-agent market. In the same vein, rebuilding teams should not avoid spending money on players. Sure, the types of players purchased and the optimal structure of player contracts differ significantly when the club is not expected to contend; however, it’s highly misleading for fans to assume that “rebuilding” somehow equals “cheap” […]
The BP Way-Back Machine: Beertown Build-Up
[Throughout the offseason, I thought it would be enjoyable to review some of Baseball Prospectus’s old stories about the Milwaukee Brewers. The archives at BP are not protected by any paywall, so they’re free for all to enjoy and from which to learn. Given the Brewers current rebuilding job and the fact that Craig Counsell […]
Is Just Catching Up Enough For The Brewers?
The Milwaukee Brewers have issued a clear statement of intent over the past two months. With new general manager David Stearns and assistant general manager Matt Arnold, the organization has signaled the beginning of a new era in franchise history — one that will seemingly embrace new analytical and operational trends in professional baseball. Stearns […]
All Questions Answered: End of Season 2015
Many Brewers fans have sated their thirst for baseball via the two intriguing postseason matchups, but lots of things have changed for the Brew Crew. New general manager. New assistant general manager. New era, really. I thought this would be a perfect afternoon to unpack all that has happened with an All Questions Answered thread. […]