If you’re here trying to get some profound insight on the state of the Milwaukee Brewers as currently constructed, I don’t know what to tell you. They usually lose, though they don’t lose quite often enough to threaten Philadelphia, Miami or Colorado for the #1 pick in next years draft — in fact, they aren’t […]
Author: Travis Sarandos
Rolling Out the Barrel: Biloxi, Denson and Hope for the Future
I was able to watch a majority of the Brewers’ three-game series against Miami this week, including a Monday night trip to a mostly-empty Miller Park, and if you caught any of it yourself, you’ll understand why this week’s Rolling Out the Barrel is solely dedicated to the organization’s prospects. With the major-league club stumbling through […]
Game One-Hundred Twenty Recap: Marlins 6, Brewers 2
WHAT HAPPENED Matt Garza pitched poorly again, allowing five runs on eight hits over five lackluster innings. The Brewers took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when Adeiny Hechavarria booted a one-out grounder from Shane Peterson, allowing Khris Davis to score from third following a double from Hernan Pérez. Unfortunately, […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Doug Melvin and The Men He Traded
Welcome back, Brewlievers. It’s been a rough week on the field for the local nine and a tumultuous one off it. The Crew dropped five of six while scoring less than two runs per game against divisional rivals St. Louis and Chicago, and the (widely anticipated) news surfaced that GM Doug Melvin will be transitioning […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Jungmann and Deadline Fallout
Happy Friday, folks. We all made it. Welcome back to Rolling Out the Barrel, where we promise to never ask you if God has called you for a chat recently. We’re a week removed from the trade deadline, and now that we’ve had some time to sort out how the organization looks after their biggest overhaul in […]
Game One-Hundred Seven Recap: Padres 13, Brewers 5
TOP PLAY (WPA) With both teams having traded the lead twice already in the top of the second (more on that later), the game was tied at two. Padres leadoff hitter Alexi Amarista came up to the plate with runners at the corners and two outs. Amarista ripped a double, advancing to third on the […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: A Trade, An Almost-Trade, and Other Trades
Welcome, friends, to the 2015 MLB trade deadline and to the second edition of Rolling Out the Barrel. With the deadline just recently passed, we’ve already seen a ton of movement around the league, and the Brewers have been front and center for it. As you have search for updates about the trade of Gerardo […]
Game One-Hundred and One Recap: Brewers 5, Giants 2
TOP PLAY (WPA) With one out, one on, and one run already scored in the top of the first, Brewers first baseman Adam Lind, who had missed the previous two games after being pulled in the third inning of Milwaukee’s loss to Arizona on Saturday with a sore back, ripped a single to right field to […]
Game Ninety-Eight Recap: Diamondbacks 3, Brewers 0
TOP PLAY (WPA) After All-Star outfielder A.J. Pollack set the table with a leadoff walk to start the fourth inning, Jake Lamb launched a bomb to straight-away center field that bounced off the top of the wall and back into play, plating Pollack to break the scoreless tie (+175 WPA). Future Cub Gerardo Parra bobbled the […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Kyle Lohse, Monte Harrison, and the Trade Deadline
Good morning, Brewers fans. Welcome to Rolling Out the Barrel, a new weekly roll call (do you get it. DO YOU GET IT!?) of good and/or important articles from around the web with which the Brewers are at least tangentially associated. I’m your host Travis Sarandos, and I’ll help you find the articles you might […]