Spring Training baseball is notorious for two things: fans over-exaggerating the triumphs and failures of their favorite players and teams by using small, meaningless sample sizes, and unless a person happens to lurk within the dark depths of a team’s farm system, extremely boring baseball past the fifth inning. In an attempt to cure that […]
Author: Nathan DeSutter
Anthony Rizzo: Wily Peralta’s Arch-Nemesis
Wily Peralta’s career has been wrought with inconsistency. After an encouraging first two years in Milwaukee, the electric righty has descended into discussions regarding possible assignment to the bullpen. And, even with his bounce-back 2.92 ERA in the final two months of 2016, 2017 is going to be a make or break year for his […]
Building Confidence in Travis Shaw
Confidence is key, and when discussing the intricacies and mental states of baseball players who, daily, deal with the pressures of slumps, overbearing fans, nagging injuries, and minimal relaxation time, it’s one of the most important factors to determining long-term big league success. This is why Travis Shaw, one of the Brewers’ key offseason acquisitions […]
Villar and Baserunning Havoc
Brewers shortstop Jonathan Villar has always been the backup plan. In Houston, he couldn’t escape the foreshadowed megastar Carlos Correa, and when he was shipped to Milwaukee for lanky right hander Cy Sneed prior to 2016, he was viewed as the bridge for top prospect Orlando Arcia. That reality inspired a certain fire inside Villar, […]