The Brewers have had stability in center field since Carlos Gomez took over full time duties in 2012. He’s now in Houston. The top center-field prospects (Brett Phillips, Tyrone Taylor, Michael Reed) won’t be ready for regular playing time until mid/late-2016 at the earliest and possibly not until the beginning of the 2017 season. Thus, for right […]
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Jean Segura and Managing Expectations
Public perception is driven by how one performs compared to expectations. A sardonic cliche in the United States holds that one should “always under-promise and over-deliver.” If co-workers and managers don’t expect anything more than shoddy work, they’ll be impressed by mediocrity. Inflate expectations and/or perform exceptionally well from the beginning, mediocrity suddenly becomes unacceptable. Jean […]
Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, August 19
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (51-72), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Reno 0 8 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 17 23 3 Col. Springs 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 11 13 0 RHP Josh Roenicke: (L, 6-10) 1.2 IP, 7 H, […]
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 […]
Jean Segura’s Massive Power Outage
Back in July, when Jean Segura looked to have bounced back from a rough offensive stretch, my colleague Derek Harvey covered his season to that point. Since we published that piece, Segura has completely melted down, batting a mere .174/.193/.186. Obviously, numerous factors have caused such a decline — including a paltry .211 BABIP — […]
Brewers Drafts During Melvin’s Tenure
Last week, the Brewers announced that Doug Melvin will be stepping down as general manager and will be transitioning to more of an advisory role with the team. Melvin is currently the fourth longest active GM in the big leagues, going back to September 26, 2002 when he was first hired. Since Melvin has stepped down, a couple […]
Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, August 18
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (51-71), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Reno 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 0 Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 1 RHP Zach Davies: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K — 4.50 […]
Looking Ahead To September Call-Ups
The season is almost over, and instead of contending for a playoff spot, the Brewers are striving to avoid losing 100 games. It can be hard to continue following the team daily during these hard times. However, intriguing things remain that can hold the interest of the dedicated fan. In two weeks September will arrive and rosters will expand […]
Coming Out: David Denson Makes, And Continues, History
This weekend, Brewers minor-league outfielder and first baseman David Denson publicly announced that he is gay, becoming the first actively-out gay player on a minor-league affiliate. The 20-year-old was a 15th-round pick of the Brewers in 2013 and plays for Rookie-level Helena. Denson’s history-making announcement adds him to a list of recent out gay pioneers […]
Game One-Hundred Nineteen Recap: Brewers 6, Phillies 1
WHAT HAPPENED Ryan Braun and Taylor Jungmann happened. Braun kicked off the scoring in the first, scoring Jonathan Lucroy on a groundout to shortstop. Lucroy had previously tripled to to right. On that triple, he busted out of the box and had three on his mind the whole way; his path was made easier by the Phillies mishandling the […]