Two weeks ago, Baseball Prospectus released four new metrics that comprehensively measure a catcher’s positional contribution to the game. Whereas my colleague, Michael Bradburn, examined Jonathan Lucroy’s Called Strikes Above Average (CSAA) and Errant Pitches Above Average (EPAA), I will look at Lucroy’s Takeoff Rate Above Average (TRAA) and Swipe Rate Above Average (SRAA). If […]
Author: Xavier Alatorre
Jean Segura And The Outside Corner
Within the last three months, there have been five articles written about Jean Segura. This will be the sixth. It is funny that one player should draw interest from multiple writers from the same site, but it is fitting for a player like Segura. As my colleagues have pointed out, the overarching theme with Segura […]
Jimmy Nelson: Success and Failure From the Release Point
With one hundred forty-six games played, the season is nearing its end. The Brewers are thirty games back with only sixteen left to play. They have been mathematically eliminated from the postseason. For everyone invested in the organization, the end of the season cannot come any quicker. With the offseason fast approaching, our beloved team […]
Game One Hundred Forty Recap: Brewers 6, Pirates 4
WHAT HAPPENED Tonight marked the first tilt in a four-game series against the Pirates. For the Brewers, this also proved to be the second-longest game of the season. In thirteen innings played, the Brewers used eight different pitchers that struck out ten batters. Their offense tallied twelve hits but also struck out fourteen times. The Brewers […]
What Has Gone Right In 2015
At the time of writing this article, there are only thirty-one games left in the Brewers season. Currently, Milwaukee is 56-75. Even if the Brewers were to go on an impossible thirty-one game win streak, they would finish the season 87-75, only one win ahead of the Cardinals’ current record of 86-46. Since May, the […]
Game One-Hundred Twenty-Seven Recap: Indians 6, Brewers 2
WHAT HAPPENED In the last game in a two-game series against Cleveland, the Brewers were hoping to avoid the “sweep.” Despite putting seven hits on the board, the offense limped through nine innings as Milwaukee only mustered two runs across the plate. Unfortunately, Jimmy Nelson was just as dull as the offense. His line for […]
Game One-Hundred Twenty One Recap: Marlins 9, Brewers 6
WHAT HAPPENED Tyler Cravy took the hill for the Brewers tonight and struggled mightily from the get-go. Despite getting the first two outs in four batters faced, Cravy had trouble keeping men off the basepaths in the first inning. Unfortunately, by the time Cravy got through his fifth batter of the inning (yikes!), the bases […]
Game One-Hundred Ten Recap: Brewers 10, Padres 1
TOP PLAY (WPA) After Milwaukee took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, the Brewers and Padres remained locked in a stalemate for the next frame and a half despite putting men on the basepaths. The third inning was shaping up to look like the previous two as Matt Garza started things off by retiring the […]
Game One-Hundred and Two Recap: Cubs 5 , Brewers 2
TOP PLAY (WPA) Will Smith entered the top of the eighth in relief of Jeremy Jeffress. Smith inherited two baserunners, Addison Rusell and Dexter Fowler. Smith was able to retire rookie Kyle Schwarber with a swinging strikeout on a 0-2 slider. Chris Denorfia followed up with a flyout to right field, almost escaping the threat. […]
Game Eighty-Eight Recap: Dodgers 3, Brewers 2
TOP PLAY (WPA): On the second wild pitch of the fifth inning, Scooter Gennett advanced from third putting the Brewers up 2-0 (+.102 WPA). The inning started with both Milwaukee and Los Angeles scoreless after four frames. On a 1-0 count, Jean Segura slapped a grounder up the middle for a single. In the next […]