I hope everybody who was blessed enough to watch and root for Carlos Gomez as a Brewer over the last six (six!) seasons appreciates what we had in him. Gomez’s tenure in Milwaukee ended Thursday; over 697 games, the center fielder compiled a .267/.325/.452 batting line, a 110 OPS+, 87 home runs, 152 stolen bases, […]
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Jungmann Continues To Catch Hitters Looking
Pick a means of measuring a pitcher’s performance, and you’ll find that Taylor Jungmann tops all other current Brewers starters in it. ERA, FIP, xFIP, DRA, cFIP — they all think more highly of him, to varying extents, than they do of Matt Garza, Kyle Lohse, Jimmy Nelson, or Wily Peralta. I’ve written about his ability […]
Brewers Farm Update: Monday, August 3
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (43-63), 22.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 8 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 […]
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 […]
Brewers Trade Parra, Broxton At Deadline
Brewers Trade Parra To Baltimore The Brewers continue an impressive, albeit unsexy, reload. Parra was a cheap grab at last year’s trade deadline, and while the team went 66-90 during his tenure, he can hardly be faulted. Parra batted .312/.355/.482 in 146 games in a Brewers uniform, and again, that versatility in the outfield was […]
The Almost-Trade Of Carlos Gomez
What a change a few hours can make. Around 3:00 pm on Wednesday, I would have said that there wasn’t a chance the Brewers would move Carlos Gomez. By about 7:00 pm, news broke on Twitter that Gomez was indeed on the move to the New York Mets. A couple hours later, the trade was […]
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. […]
Brewers Farm Update: Friday, July 31
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (42-61), 19.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 7 1 New Orleans 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 0 RHP Hiram Burgos: 4.0 IP, […]
Brewers Trade Gomez, Fiers to Houston
Although the Brewers have given conflicting signals about whether they’d listen on their cost-controlled players, the trade-that-wasn’t sending Gomez to New York ultimately put the team’s cards on the table for all to see. Not only were the Brewers listening on the former All-Star, but they were highly motivated to move him, starting a much-needed […]
The Curiosity of the Brewers’ Platoon Split
The platoon advantage is a well-accepted baseball truism. Teams try to arrange their lineups and manage their substitutions so that they can have right-handed hitters face left-handed pitchers, and vice versa. Oakland became famous in 2012 when its shocking run to the playoffs was significantly aided by a masterful use of platoons. Milwaukee does not […]