As we head into the offseason, perhaps no Brewer has a less certain future than Ryan Braun. Milwaukee’s prodigal son prospered in 2016: The 3.9 WARP that he compiled this year was the highest total since 2012, when he finished second in the NL MVP voting. That exquisite production, together with his fairly team-friendly contract — he’ll […]
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The Land of Opportunity
Every year new players get opportunities to shine, to show off their talents on the big stage. Some are rookies, others are bench players who got an opportunity because of injury. Baseball is filled with these type of players, players waiting on the edge for their time in the light. This year, the Brewers gave […]
Losing and Home Runs
After Francisco Lindor hit Cleveland’s third home run in the first game of their Divisional Series with Boston, TBS flashed a stat that Cleveland was 17-3 this season when hitting 3+ home runs in a game. I thought that was a silly fact to note since teams should win most of the time when hitting […]
The Mistaken Rebuild
Since the Brewers entered 2016 with the “Rebuilding” tag on their uniform, many fans and analysts expected a poor showing from the club, and many categories match that expectation. For instance, the offense was particularly below average in 2016, despite the mention of improved discipline or new plate approaches from the team. At the same […]
Remembering Yovani Gallardo’s Brilliant 2011 LDS
Five years ago on Friday, the Brewers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game Five of the 2011 National League Division Series, their first playoff series victory since 1982. The series ended with phenomenal drama, as the game-winning single in the 10th inning off the bat of Nyjer Morgan has been forever etched into Brewers history. […]
Jacob Barnes Could Be The Next Great Brewers Reliever
Through the ups and downs of recent years, the Brewers always seemed to have a lot of quality arms out of the bullpen. Sometimes, said arms didn’t last too long — remember John Axford? How about Jim Henderson? — but while they’re on top of their game, these guys light up Miller Park. Although the Will Smith […]
Pitching Prospects and DRA
It takes an army of arms to get through the minor league baseball season. According to the register at Baseball Reference, 141 different pitchers threw at least 1.0 innings for one or more of the Milwaukee Brewers’ seven minor league affiliates in 2016. Somewhat rare, however, is the minor league pitcher who crosses the 100 […]
Aging Ryan Braun
There are two common assumptions about Ryan Braun that fans and analysts use to justify trading the face of the franchise: (1) Ryan Braun has faced an injury-riddled set of years as he has aged. (2) Ryan Braun will face an aging curve that diminishes his performance. Point (1) has been a common line on […]
The Trend of Brewers College Draft Picks
I know, I know, it’s the damn postseason, and I’m writing about the draft, but hell, the Brewers aren’t in the postseason and the draft is an important part of the rebuilding process. This all started because I was messing around with some draft data that I gathered from a wonderful website, you’ve already, probably, […]
Jonathan Villar’s Baserunning
Jonathan Villar led the Major Leagues in stolen bases with 62. However, according to Baseball Prospectus’ Baserunning Runs (BRR), Villar actually produced negative value on the base paths this past season. In fact, only Chris Carter created more negative value than Villar amongst non-pitchers. Villar had -2.4 BRR this season, which would put him in […]