TOP PLAY (WPA) Sandbagged by a slow start and extended time lost to injury, Jonathan Lucroy has struggled through something of a lost year to this point in 2015. A six-win player last season, Lucroy has been marginally better than replacement-level this year, though his pre-injury performance played a big role in that. Still, manager […]
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The Brewers And Salary Growth
The discussion surrounding the rise in contract salaries has been a common theme around the baseball-verse. It seems that every season, a new superstar player gets signed to another record contract, raising concerns that players are being overpaid. The idea, though, that players are actually getting overpaid is complicated. As Matt Swartz pointed out, while salaries are definitely increasing, […]
Brewers Farm Update: Thursday, August 6
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (44-65), 22.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 6 13 0 Okla. City 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 9 1 RHP Zach Davies: (W, 1-0) 6.0 IP, 6 […]
Odds & Ends: Will Smith, Walk Rates, 2016 Free Agency
WILL SMITH SHOULDN’T START The notion that Will Smith could transition back to the starting rotation has been bandied about over the past couple months, as he’s seemingly figured out how to consistently retire opposite-handed batters. Righties have only hit .150/.218/.200 against Smith this year. Our own Ryan Romano has linked this development to his […]
Game One-Hundred Eight Recap: Brewers 4, Padres 1
TOP PLAY (WPA) After the Brewers managed just one run in the first three frames — despite six baserunners — Shane Peterson led off in the bottom of the fourth. The Brewers had just taken the lead in the previous inning, but a Yonder Alonso sacrifice fly brought in the tying run in the top of the fourth. […]
Brewers & Historical Trade Deadlines
Last year’s trade deadline seems to linger so closely, it could’ve been yesterday. The Rays, Tigers, and Mariners combined for a blockbuster three-team deal sending David Price to the Tigers; Nick Franklin, Drew Smyly, and Willy Adames to the Rays; and Austin Jackson to the Mariners. The Red Sox went nuts as well, almost revamping their entire […]
Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, August 5
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (43-65), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Iowa 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 6 8 0 Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 11 0 RHP Ariel Pena: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, […]
The Brewers’ Prospect Landscape
What an invigorating trade deadline for those prospect watchers among us! The Brewers brought in seven new prospects to add to an already improving farm system. It was an exciting year for the first-year player draft as well. In the span of six months, the Brewers took what was a bottom-ten farm system and turned it into a […]
Rebuilding, Retooling, Remodeling, or Whatever
Rebuild has become a toxic word in the baseball community. As selling clubs maneuvered to move established players for minor-league talent at the trade deadline, general managers tried to spin their “sell” trades as best as possible. Dave Dombrowski of the Detroit Tigers called their midseason exodus a “reboot” rather than a rebuild. The Brewers have consistently […]
Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, August 4
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (43-63), 22.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Iowa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 12 12 2 Col. Springs 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 10 16 3 RHP Hiram Burgos: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R […]