The splash happened: For two-and-a-half years, Brewers fans and analysts wondered aloud what it might take for GM David Stearns to trade an impact prospect at the trade deadline. The debate softened somewhat during the 2017-2018 offseason, as Stearns certainly proved himself capable of parting with (several) impact prospects. This transaction was always explained away, […]
Author: Nicholas Zettel
Chasing 1988
I’ve dreaded writing this post for some time, the ultimate jinx post for the phenomenal 2018 Milwaukee Brewers pitching staff. In fact, they surrendered eight runs today while I researched this feature. Yet, as the games played total strolls over 100, it is worth broaching the topic of the place of the 2018 Brewers pitching […]
Playoff Payoff
Our beleaguered Brewers, owners of a six game losing streak entering the break, have flipped the script thus far in the unofficial second half. Milwaukee has a 5-3 record (34 Runs Scored / 37 Runs Allowed), and GM David Stearns appears ready to will this club deeper into serious playoff contention after trading for Kansas […]
Runs Prevented: Guerra vs Hellickson
It’s one of those beautiful gifts bestowed by the length of the baseball season, an absolute honor handed down from the mundane days of July, a happy accident from depth-oriented roster construction. Most of the baseball season is biding time, and while that can result in blissful anomalies such as Eric Kratz and Hernan Perez […]
Jaws of July
This is it: the Brewers begin their true contending stretch, opening the unofficial second half with huge series against large market Dodgers and Nationals. In the minds of many Brewers fans, this will be an immediate proving ground for the aspirations and realities of contending, as the Brewers will have to right ship from their […]
Your Terrible, Very Bad Contenders
Say it with me: the Brewers are a good baseball team. Come on, just do it; you’re on your commute, having a cup of coffee, booting your work computer, so say it. These Brewers are a good team. In fact, the Brewers are a very good baseball team. The club has stomached a lethargic offense […]
Winning…But For Rebuilding
The Brewers’ four-game weekend series against Atlanta’s ballclub highlights an uncanny and exciting aspect of the 2018 season: Atlanta and Phillies are fighting for the National League East divisional lead, Arizona is holding off the Dodgers thus far, and our beloved upstarts are holding off the Defending World Series Champions, too. Undoubtedly, the series evokes […]
BPMilwaukee Freelance Writer
While it feels as though the Brewers are in the midst of a tough stretch with their pitching staff, the Brewers hurlers closed June with a better than average performance once again. The performance simply was not as great as previous months’ production: the Milwaukee arms prevented approximately 14 runs in June based on the […]
Are the Brewers a Playoff Team?
The Brewers are officially finished with half of their games, providing fans and analysts with a nice theoretical signpost to assess the club. So far so good for the first place Brewers, who are maintaining a tenuous lead over the Pythagorean (Run Differential, Runs Scored / Runs Allowed expected record) superior Cubs in the National […]
21: The Trap
In a much-publicized scheduling crunch, the Brewers are headed on a trek in which 21 games will be played in the 20 days leading to the All Star Break. Any baseball fan will look at their favorite team’s schedule for such an occasion and grimace. That the stretch’s extra contest comes at the cost of […]