Jonathan Villar has had a weird season. For the first month, the stats on television graphics made him look like he was playing pretty well. He hit .271 in April, which is fine for a second baseman who the Brewers couldn’t have been sure would do even that much. But it was an empty batting […]
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Looking Ahead to the September Super-Pen
As the summer wears on and the Brewers inch closer to their first postseason berth in seven years, one thing is clear: Trade chatter is coming. Much of that chatter, at least on the national level, will likely focus on Milwaukee’s apparent lack of elite starting pitching. That’s the sticking point about this team, the […]
21: The Trap
In a much-publicized scheduling crunch, the Brewers are headed on a trek in which 21 games will be played in the 20 days leading to the All Star Break. Any baseball fan will look at their favorite team’s schedule for such an occasion and grimace. That the stretch’s extra contest comes at the cost of […]
Weekend Recap: Miller and Guerra
The Brewers had the potential to make this one of the best weeks of the season. After splitting two games with Pittsburgh, they took the first two games of their weekend series against St. Louis as the Cubs lost the first two games of their series against Cincinnati. Unfortunately, their bats fell asleep again on […]
Building a Minor League System
Minor league baseball players deserve higher pay. That is the first structural fact that must be recognized in discussing the organizational aspects of player development. Minor league players are professional baseball players who participate in the process of producing a $10.5 (and growing) billion industry. Stepping outside of the distributive justice of this question, there […]
Jeremy Jeffress, Fireman
Brewers right-handed reliever Jeremy Jeffress has been the unsung hero of the bullpen while lefty Josh Hader gets (justifiable) national hype for his incredible strike out performance and prospect comparisons (some prospect sources are now writing about “Josh Hader-type roles”). But Jeffress…Brewers fans know Jeffress as the situationally flexible groundball mechanic who typically gets the […]
Weekend Recap: Knebel and Thames
After a promising start to the week, the Brewers ended it on a down note. Milwaukee won the last two games of their series against the Cubs, shutting out one of the best offenses in baseball according to TAv in both victories. After a huge Brewers victory on Friday night, Philadelphia won the last two […]
Grading Keston Hiura
Brewers second base / left field / designated hitter prospect Keston Hiura rocketed to the top of the farm system upon the completion of the Christian Yelich trade, and his 2018 minor league campaign has expanded the pure hitter’s fan favorite status. With previous hype favorite Corbin Burnes finding a tough Triple-A pitching atmosphere realigning […]
2018 Draft: Meet Drew Rasmussen
The three day, 40 round Rule 4 Draft is a marquee event for Major League Baseball held annually each June. The draft presents an opportunity for franchises to restock their minor league systems and provides high school and college players across the country the chance to join a professional organization and chase their dreams of […]
Recycle the Rebuild: The Great Non-Move
Last year, I criticized Brewers GM David Stearns for his lack of midseason moves to address a starting pitching rotation that became greatly diminished down the stretch. The criticism was a part of a general frustration that the club had not done enough to reach the playoffs. After executing a very swift rebuilding effort (that […]