I typically don’t watch much spring training baseball. As great as it is to see people back out on the field in March after a long winter, the novelty wears off quickly for me, and there are only so many games that don’t matter — games that aren’t so much games as glorified practices — […]
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Rolling Out the Barrel: The Truth is Out There
Milwaukee’s Spring Training slate kicked off this week, with the team securing an expected win over UW-Milwaukee in their scrimmage on Wednesday. The Brew Crew then dispatched the Cubs and Giants in a pair of split-squad games on Thursday, opening their Cactus League schedule with a perfect 2-0 record. It should be pointed out that […]
The Greatest “Peaks” in Brewers History
Every year articles are written about a player’s “peak,” normally trying to identify the best years of a player’s performance, in the abstract, and trying to place some kind of arbitrary boundaries around the data. The problem is that, for the most part, people often use the term “peak” in relative terms. The so-called peak will […]
What Does Kirk Nieuwenhuis Offer?
The Brewers have brought in so many new faces this offseason, it’s hard to keep track of them all. On one day in December alone, they claimed three players on waivers: outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis, ostensibly-a-catcher Josmil Pinto, and first baseman Andy Wilkins. Pinto and Wilkins don’t have much experience — combined, they’ve accumulated 325 big-league […]
Which Young Brewers Pitchers Will Make the Rotation?
Prior to the February trade that sent shortstop Jean Segura to Arizona, the Brewers’ rotation seemed basically set. Matt Garza, who is under contract for $12.5 million in both 2016 and 2017, seemed a lock simply because the Brewers were required to have him on the roster for the next two years. Giving up this early […]
Dissecting The Brewers’ Team Projections
If there’s one thing that sabermetricians love, it’s projections. What can top an algorithm that tells you how well someone will play? Nothing, in our books. But problems can arise when those algorithms inevitably disagree with one another. In those situations, we have to roll up our sleeves and dive into the numbers, to try and […]
Jonathan Lucroy’s Team-Friendliest Contract
The Brewers are in a predictable course of action. They’re rebuilding. Since July, the Brewers have traded Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers, Francisco Rodriguez, Adam Lind, Jason Rogers, Aramis Ramirez, Jonathan Broxton, Gerardo Parra and, most recently, Khris Davis. In essence, the Brewers are trading anyone who will garner them young and controllable assets, mainly in […]
Processes and Gamesmanship
This weekend, I went on Baseball Prospectus’ Effectively Wild podcast and took part in their Brewers preview episode. I came to some pretty pessimistic conclusions about the Brewers future. I don’t see them contending in the next three years, and I don’t see a clear path to that point. It’s obvious what the Brewers need to […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: The Fruit Salad of a Brewer’s Life
The pitchers and catchers reported last Friday, but the real work starts today, as the Brewers hold their first full-squad workout in Maryvale. With the first Spring Training games just a couple of days away, the long offseason is really starting to feel like it’s coming to a close. No more projections, no more predictions, […]
Brewers Are Likely To Take More Walks In 2016
Before we begin, I should note: If you haven’t yet purchased a copy of the 2016 BP Annual, do that now. You’ll get statistics and projections and blurbs and essays and it’s a really good book so you should buy it. Got it? Good. (If you have purchased it, awesome! Now go leave a review, […]