Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (59-77), 22.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Omaha 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 2 Col. Springs 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 x 5 12 0 RHP Ariel Pena: (W, 2-2) 6.0 IP, 6 H, […]
Author: J.P. Breen
Top-Five Offseason Trade Candidates For Brewers
As the waiver trade deadline comes to a close on Monday, the focus across the baseball community will turn to September call-ups. The Cubs are reportedly poised to promote Javier Baez — who, contrary to popular belief, is not a failed prospect and is hitting .315/.378/.522 with 13 homers in Triple-A this year — while […]
Brewers Farm Update: Monday, August 31
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (58-77), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 10 0 Albuquerque 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1 RHP Josh Roenicke: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, […]
Brewers Farm Update: Thursday, August 27
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (56-75), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 El Paso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 2 6 1 RHP Ariel Pena: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 […]
Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, August 26
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (56-74), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 10 14 1 El Paso 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 4 0 RHP Hiram Burgos: (W, 3-3) 5.0 IP, 0 […]
Contention & Building Through The Bullpen
The notion of market inefficiency flooded the baseball lexicon following the publication of Moneyball in 2003. It chronicled the unlikely success of the Oakland Athletics, a small-market team that built contending rosters through identifying gaps in market value. That is, the Athletics needed to uncover under-appreciated skill sets and construct a roster around them. The Athletics blazed a trail that […]
Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, August 25
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (55-74), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 13 0 El Paso 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 LHP Brent Suter: (W, 3-0) 6.0 IP, 4 […]
Brewers Farm Update: Monday, August 24
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (54-74), 24.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tacoma 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0 Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 x 5 7 1 RHP Ariel Pena: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, […]
Brewers Farm Update: Thursday, August 20
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (52-72), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tacoma 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 2 Col. Springs 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 x 9 13 2 LHP Brent Suter: (W, 2-0) 7.0 IP, 6 H, […]
Jean Segura and Managing Expectations
Public perception is driven by how one performs compared to expectations. A sardonic cliche in the United States holds that one should “always under-promise and over-deliver.” If co-workers and managers don’t expect anything more than shoddy work, they’ll be impressed by mediocrity. Inflate expectations and/or perform exceptionally well from the beginning, mediocrity suddenly becomes unacceptable. Jean […]