Let’s celebrate July 4th with a look at some Brewers fireworks from the 2016 season thus far — from the most majestic and explosive to the softest and luckiest. Most relevant data for this post can be found at HitTracker Online. LONGEST: Chris Carter, 443 feet, May 15 vs. San Diego Padres This mammoth home […]
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Pitch Diversity Key to Successful Davies June
Placed in a questionable 2016 Brewers starting rotation, Zach Davies has formed into a pleasant surprise for Milwaukee. Save for Thursday’s rocky outing against the Dodgers, Davies shined in June. The 23-year-old righty’s June splits were highlighted by a 2.89 ERA (3.62 FIP) and 4.88 K/BB ratio. Prior to June, the slim sinkerballer posted an inflated […]
Pricing Lucroy Trade Value
It has been my intuition that trading Jonathan Lucroy will be more difficult than many people believe. This intuition stems from Lucroy’s value, which is nearly prohibitive: Lucroy is such an elite catcher, in terms of both offensive and defensive production, that the Brewers can arguably seek an elite package in return. Three of the […]
Game 78 Recap: Dodgers 8 Brewers 1
On the heels of Junior Guerra’s eight inning shutout gem versus the Dodgers, Zach Davies had one of his worst starts of the season. It was an unfortunate start, as Davies failed to make it out of the fifth inning for just the second time this season. Davies had also been on a nice 5 […]
Carlos Gomez and the Best Power-Speed Seasons in Baseball History
Carlos Gomez is not having a good season. His TAv is the lowest it’s been since 2009 when Carlos Gomez hadn’t yet become Carlos Gomez! His defense and base running are up from last year, but still aren’t where they use to be. At this point, the Brewers trade with the Astros seems increasingly one-sided. That […]
Aaron Hill’s Trade Prospects
I will be the first to admit that I figured Aaron Hill was a salary throw-in when he arrived from Arizona in the offseason Jean Segura trade. Segura was a league-average shortstop, and that type of player has legitimate value, but the return of Isan Diaz and Chase Anderson seemed sufficient. Arizona, who had previously […]
The Brewers By Elo Rating
FiveThirtyEight followed their fascinating NBA and NFL franchise value Elo Ratings by introducing such ratings for MLB franchises. Their published results are fascinating because they blend zero-sum judgments of each team (when the Brewers beat the Nationals, for example, the Nationals lost exactly the same number of points that the Brewers gained) with weighted predictions […]
Revisiting the Awful 2002 Brewers
Fourteen years ago today, the Brewers lost 5-2 to the Cardinals to fall to 27-50. Cardinals starter Woody Williams threw 7.2 innings, struck out seven, and was working on a shutout until Matt Stairs tagged him for a leadoff home run in the top of the eighth inning. Milwaukee starter Jamey Wright gave up five […]
Freeing Wily
Approximately three months into the season it’s become quite clear: the 2016 Brewers are a different animal than last year’s team. For one thing, the second Wild Card spot is a distant–but not unrealistic–dream. The farm system, which lay barren for years, is flourishing with young impact talent. But perhaps the most notable change in […]
Chase Anderson’s Platoon Split Has Killed Him
The Brewers traded Jean Segura this offseason for two reasons: With Orlando Arcia ascending and Jonathan Villar snagged from the Astros, they didn’t really need him anymore, and the Diamondbacks were willing to pay a hefty price for his services. Isan Diaz, Aaron Hill, and Chase Anderson — a prospect and two established (to different degrees) major […]