Well, that was fun. The Brewers’ remarkable season came to an end this past weekend, with their magic running out just one game shy of the World Series. PECOTA’s preseason projection graded the Brewers as the fifth-best team in the National League and third-best team in the NL Central; some incredible performances from Christian Yelich, […]
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The Rotation Was Good
Entering the 2018-2019 offseason, there remains a contentious debate among many Brewers fans about the need for the Brewers to improve starting pitching. Who can blame these fans? They just spent three weeks watching national analysts bludgeon the Brewers roster construction, bemoaning at nearly every chance that an ace would be preferable to whatever the […]
Weekend Recap: LCS
Unfortunately, the Brewers season ended on Saturday night. While many national media outlets breathlessly reported on Milwaukee’s pitcher usage and its sustainability throughout the playoffs, it was the bats that failed the team in the National League Championship Series. The Brewers won every game in which they scored at least four runs, but they couldn’t […]
Roster without Regularity
Throughout the MLB playoffs, coverage of our Beloved Brewers completely missed the point of the club’s roster construction. While national analysts consistently stated that the club could not sustain the type of pitching strategies demonstrated in the playoffs for an entire season, in fact the club was designed to withstand precisely that type of strategy. […]
Approaching Ryu
Dodgers southpaw Hyun-jin Ryu is an understated front of the rotation pitcher. It’s easy to focus on the injuries endured by the South Korea native and Korean Baseball Organization veteran, and state that as the lefty’s primary narrative. Simply stated, Ryu has been consistently good throughout his MLB career. Sure, you’ve got to punt 2016 […]
A Quick Note on LCS Aces
Based on Average Runs Prevented, the following pitchers are among the Top 20 percent of all starters in the 2018 MLB. This is a brief table demonstrating their overall League Championship Series performances to date: LCS “Aces” (Top 20% MLB SP) Average Runs Prevented LCS IP LCS RA RA9 Chris Sale – BOS 45 4.0 […]
Playoff Weapon: Brandon Woodruff
Prior to the end of the regular season, my colleague at BP Milwaukee, Sean Roberts, posited that Brandon Woodruff could be a “secret weapon” for the Milwaukee Brewers during the playoffs. I don’t think he meant it in quite such a literal sense, however. Woodruff was a main protagonist of “The Wade Miley Gambit,” relieving […]
Series Preview: The Guts
The Brewers released their Game Notes for Game Four tonight, in Los Angeles, meaning that there is relative certainty regarding the next two games of the series. Both games will be southpaw match-ups, with Waiver Trade acquisition Gio Gonzalez facing off against former Independent Leaguer and Curveball Artist Rich Hill before corresponding aces work on […]
Weekend Recap: Milwaukee LCS
After two games, the Brewers are tied 1-1 with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS. The blown lead in Game 2 will not sit well with the team if they fail to advance to the World Series, but the Brewers are not in a terrible position as the series heads to Los Angeles. Everything […]
Curtis Granderson and the All-Time Rent-A-Brewers
When Curtis Granderson pulled on his uniform before a steamy game at Nationals Park on September 1, he immediately became one of the more talented players to ever wear Brewers blue. On its face, that may sound a bit extreme. Hank Aaron wore Brewers blue, after all, as did Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. But […]