Just two weeks ago, I speculated about the state of the Brewers’ rotation. I concluded that Matt Garza’s contract status and Taylor Jungmann’s 2015 performance have made them near-locks for the Opening Day rotation. Furthermore, I argued that although Wily Peralta has recently trended in the wrong direction, he has proven to be a consistent part of the […]
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I Don’t Know Who’s on Third For the Brewers
Last month, I broke down the first significant playing-time battle for the Brewers coming into Spring Training: center field. Today, we’re going to look at third base, a position the team threw to the wolves last year with the late-July trade of Aramis Ramirez. Down the stretch, playing time at the hot corner went to Hernan Perez and […]
Wily Peralta’s Last Gasp
Wily Peralta finds his career at a crossroads this year. In his first year of arbitration, Peralta will earn $2.8 million, and with his arbitration reward only set to increase in the coming years, Peralta has to prove he’s worth the cost soon. A repeat of his 2015 campaign — an injury-riddled season in which he […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Pain and Sadness in Milwaukee
Panic and heartache has settled over the Brewers fan base, spreading and expanding among the crowd like the smoke from a fissure in the earth from which the demons of the abyss are sure to shortly emerge. After a blistering 4-0 start in the Cactus League that ignited the hopes of a suffering people, Milwaukee has […]
Jered Weaver, Trevor Hoffman, and Brewers Velocity
It’s spring training and some storylines are already starting to filter throughout the blogosphere. The St. Louis Cardinals need a shortstop after Jhonny Peralta injured his thumb, Jose Bautista wants more money than major-league teams want to pay him, and Jered Weaver is doing his best Jamie Moyer impression on the mound. Reports suggest that […]
Matt Garza Is The Weak Link In Brewers Rotation
One of the Brewers’ biggest weaknesses last season — perhaps the largest reason why they foundered to a 68-94 record, their worst since 2004 — was a hideous rotation. Milwaukee’s starters posted an ERA and DRA of 4.79, the third- and fifth-worst marks in baseball, respectively. Unsurprisingly, the team has imported a great amount of […]
Speculating About The Lead-Off Position
In recent years, the Brewers have been famous for their exquisitely-calligraphied lineup cards, courtesy of Jerry Narron. In 2015, the most frequently-seen names at the top of it were Jean Segura and Carlos Gomez—neither of whom are still with the team. Gerardo Parra led off the fourth-most often, and he is also no longer with […]
Aaron Hill’s Strange Career
On January 30th, the Milwaukee Brewers made a much-anticipated trade, one that reportedly been percolating since the end of the 2015 season. They traded shortstop Jean Segura and Tyler Wagner to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Chase Anderson, Isan Diaz, and Aaron Hill. It’s an interesting trade because, in all probability, the Brewers primarily […]
Chase Anderson and Zach Davies: Masters of the Changeup
Among the many young faces on the Brewers, Chase Anderson is something of a veteran. At age 28, he has 267.0 major-league innings under his belt, meaning he should be able to impart some wisdom on his rotational cohorts. One of them, Zach Davies, shares some traits with Anderson — they both came to Milwaukee in […]
Lucroy’s Trade Market Will Simmer A Bit Longer
Spring training has now officially begun (yay!), and Jonathan Lucroy remains a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. Despite his public comments this offseason about not wanting to be a part of a rebuilding situation, the Brewers’ starting catcher remains a key part of this rebuilding organization. The question therefore remains: How long will that be the […]