Good morning, Brewers fans! Welcome to the very last edition of Rolling Out the Barrel for this offseason. By the time we reconvene next week, Milwaukee’s pitchers and catchers will have reported to Maryvale Baseball Park and I will consider the 2016 baseball season to have officially begun. While we’ll still be getting little more […]
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The BP Way-Back Machine: “Rebuilding a Right Way”
(At BP Milwaukee, we’re continuing to look back at relevant articles that have appeared at Baseball Prospectus in previous years. The archives at BP remain free for everyone, and they’re worth exploring in depth. So much knowledge is available to anyone who takes the time to peruse the site. In relation to the Milwaukee Brewers, though, this […]
Examining Chris Carter’s 2016 Projections
Because they don’t plan on competing this season, the Brewers have taken chances on a few high-risk, high-upside players. Chris Carter, who came to Milwaukee after Houston non-tendered him, fits this mold. He could flame out, striking out too often to compensate for the occasional home run, or he could bombard the opposition with long balls and reward the […]
The Greatness of the 2015 Rookie Class: Part Two
Last week, I looked at the greatness of the 2015 rookie hitter class and found that it proved to be historically good. Today, as you can imagine, I’m going to delve into the pitching side. There are always two sides to a coin, and even though the rookie hitters performed at an all-time-great level, it doesn’t mean the […]
Milwaukee’s Billion Dollar Gambles
One of the biggest philosophical debates in sports is whether a team is a business or a public good, and the answer tends to be whichever suits the person talking at that specific time. As a rule, though, governments tend to think of their city’s organizations as goods, while the team owners think of them […]
Baseball’s Revenue Sharing Fails in Theory and in Practice
The logic behind revenue-sharing programs is easy to follow. In a post-free-agency world, team payroll is a huge predictor of team success, but budgets are limited by things outside of a team’s control, like market size and stadium situations. Revenue sharing, then, allows those teams who can’t match up financially with the big boys to […]
How Do the Brewers Adapt to Miller Park?
Miller Park is notoriously a hitter-friendly ballpark, and the Brewers have exploited this in the past. Their best teams from earlier this century contained a team full of power hitters who were able to take advantage of a smaller, homer-prone field. But now, only Ryan Braun remains from that core, and this version of the team is […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Chasing an Up-Hill Dream
It’s February, folks, which means that the last baseball-less month is in our wake. Pitchers and catchers report two weeks from today, which means we’re just 14 days away from new pictures of some of our favorite ballplayers working out in the Arizona sun. New general manager David Stearns continues to reshape the franchise, making […]
Which Brewer Had the Worst Pitch in 2015?
On Tuesday, I wrote about the best pitches that we saw from the Brewers in 2015. Jimmy Nelson’s curveball, Ariel Pena’s four-seam fastball, Francisco Rodriguez’s changeup, and Will Smith’s slider all separated themselves from the pack in a good way. Now, we come to the natural compliment to that exercise — which Milwaukee offerings proved […]
Pulling Apart the Segura Trade
Last week, the Milwaukee Brewers traded shortstop Jean Segura and right-hander Tyler Wagner to the Arizona Diamondbacks in return for right-hander Chase Anderson, infielder Aaron Hill and infield prospect Isan Diaz. The trade has largely been painted as a significant win for the Brewers. Some have considered the deal a pure salary dump, as the […]