Here at BP Milwaukee, we love us some Adam Lind. He crossed the Canadian border to shore up one of the worst positions in all of baseball, and his overall hitting ability made him a rare 2015 bright spot (a late slump notwithstanding). Should the Brewers decide to trade him in the offseason, his value at […]
Author: Ryan Romano
Lohse Remained Good At One Thing
Despite sputtering in the last month of the season, the Brewers succeeded overall in 2014. Kyle Lohse contributed a 1.8 WARP to that effort — his second-consecutive solid year in Milwaukee, following a 2.1-win campaign in 2013. That all came crashing down in year three, as Lohse allowed the second-most earned runs in the National […]
How Unlucky Was Jonathan Lucroy in 2015?
Earlier this week, I covered one underappreciated element of Jonathan Lucroy’s 2015 hardship. Even without taking into account double plays, he clearly came up short — his TAv fell 52 points, from .306 in 2014 to .254 in 2015. For a team that lost 94 games and generally had trouble scoring runs, this only made […]
Jonathan Lucroy’s Double-Play Problem
The 2015 Brewers offense fell short in many, many regards (which I’ll soon dissect in greater detail). Any time your team accrues the eighth-fewest runs in baseball, while playing half its games in the bandbox of Miller Park, you’ve done something wrong. One of the less-noticed factors behind Milwaukee’s lackluster scoring: The club grounded into […]
Khris Davis’s Incredible First-Pitch Success
Many fans of the Brewers realized in 2015 how much they appreciated Khris Davis. Along with Adam Lind and Ryan Braun, Davis helped to keep the Milwaukee’s offense afloat in an all-around ugly year. Unlike those first two names, Davis still has relative youth on his side — he’ll turn 28 in a few months […]
Can Ariel Pena Stick in the Rotation?
For me, the most frustrating element of the 2015 Brewers has been that they’ve paired a generally exquisite bullpen with a putrid starting rotation. The fourth-best relief DRA in baseball means Milwaukee has sustained most of the leads it’s taken into the late innings; the fifth-worst starter DRA in baseball means those leads haven’t occurred very […]
Brewers Bring In Some Outfield Arms
Fewer plays in baseball can energize a team — and ignite a crowd — quite like an outfield assist. As an opposition player tries to stretch a single into a double or attempts to score from third on a shallow fly ball, the defender calmly fields the ball and immediately rifles it back toward the […]
The Good and the Bad for Domingo Santana
The Brewers traded away several prolific players a couple months back, none of whom could top Carlos Gomez. His contributions to the Brew Crew will live on in the memories of fans everywhere — unless, of course, those fans see another exciting young outfielder who creates some new memories. Domingo Santana, who the team acquired (along […]
Tyler Thornburg’s Long Road Back
When any team plays as poorly as the 2015 Brewers have, injuries will bear some portion of the blame. As stars and role players alike fall victim to various maladies, the club will find itself gasping for air. Indeed, several contributors to the Brewers have missed time because of injury this season: Jonathan Lucroy, for […]
Does Cesar Jimenez Have a Future?
For teams who will not play on to October, the season’s final month can still serve a purpose. Clubs such as the Brewers, languishing near the bottom of the standings (albeit not quite in the cellar*), will often take the opportunity to experiment with younger and/or newer faces. When the games don’t count for anything […]