The offseason is swiftly approaching, meaning it’s almost time for the second round of David Stearns and company’s rebuilding efforts in Milwaukee. The Brewers never looked like a playoff team by any means in 2016, but the fact that they improved upon their 2015 performance by five games despite all the talent that was jettisoned […]
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Corey Knebel’s Heat Isn’t Enough
Velocity is the new thing! It’s always been a thing, sure — pitchers generally want to throw hard — but as of late, it’s become more integral than ever. While you’ve probably seen some version of this graph before, the trend really bears repeating: The MLB-average fastball this season, at 92.6 mph, clocked in 1.5 […]
The 2016 BP Milwaukee End-Of-Season Awards
The 2016 Major League Baseball season is in the books. Well, I mean, a champion does still need to be crowned. But for ninety percent of the league, it is already time to look ahead to next year. Or, possibly, to lament the fact that you lost your most important fantasy baseball league’s championship on […]
On the LHP Fireman
The talk of this year’s postseason has undoubtedly been Andrew Miller of the World Series-bound Cleveland Indians. The Tribe gave up four prospects, including the highly-touted duo of Justus Sheffield and Clint Frazier, to bring Miller in to reinforce their relief corps prior to the trade deadline this past summer. Rather than install his best reliever […]
Brewers Player Usage Over the Years
A few weeks ago, on the BP Milwaukee podcast, host Vineet Barot wondered how many players the Brewers used in 2016 and how that compared to other teams. I thought it was an interesting question and therefore decided to find out. For today I’ll just put it into Brewers historical context, and when I have […]
The Value of the Brewers’ Long-Term Flexibility
As we all know at this point, the Brewers are rebuilding. Generally, that means the interesting moves are happening in the minor leagues and on the fringes, as the club looks to develop its top minor leaguers and find bargains off the scrap heap. So it is with good reason that the rebuild (and much […]
Hernan Perez 2016 in Review
The average players are the ones who fall under the cracks. They don’t garner the attention of black ink on their Baseball Reference page or reach milestones such as hitting forty homers or stealing sixty bases. They don’t offer the tantalizing potential of a top prospect, nor the arc of redemption from guys who never […]
Grading Trades II: Surplus
Khris Davis, Mike Fiers, and Jean Segura provided approximately 9.7 WARP for near $4 million in salary in 2016, a rate of pay and performance that perfectly frames the challenge of forming realistic trade grades. Given the common assumption that 1.0 WARP is worth approximately $7 million on the market, on the surface Brewers fans […]
Grading Trades I: Inventory
Brewers GM David Stearns earned a quick reputation for deal-making at a rapid pace, and his work followed a severe 2015 trade deadline from President Doug Melvin. Now that the first full rebuilding season is complete, and a season and a half has passed since the first rebuilding deals, it is worth using this vast […]
Prospects and Future Cornerstones
The Milwaukee Brewers’ minor league system has undergone a remarkable transformation in the last two years. At the beginning of the 2015 season, most outlets had the Brewers ranked within the bottom five to ten farm systems among the 30 major league teams. The direction of the team has since changed from making an annual […]