Around this point of the offseason, despite the constant trades (and possibilities thereof), I often find myself growing bored. Yearning for the return of this beautiful game, I’ll peruse various leaderboards to learn more about an interesting metric or to discover some bizarre occurrence. This process brought me to one of the stranger elements of recent Brewers squads […]
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A Misconception in Jonathan Lucroy’s Market And The Catcher Free Agent Class
Since the hot stove is officially sizzling with the Winter Meetings upon us, a heightened level of attention will be placed on the Brewers potential trade targets. It seems the Brewers have fully embraced their rebuilding project. Doug Melvin did much of the heavy lifting already, trading away Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers, Gerardo Parra, Aramis Ramirez, […]
Stearns Shows His Houston Roots In Trading Adam Lind
On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Brewers traded Adam Lind to Seattle for a trio of teenage pitchers who have yet to pitch in full-season ball in the minors and are not ranked in the Mariners’ top-30 prospects by MLB.com. It’s the sort of deal that elicits sighs and groans from the Milwaukee faithful, rather than fist […]
The Night Before the Winter Meetings
‘Twas the Night before Meetings, and this fan was boozing, Fed up with failure and tired of losing. Shots poured down the hatch, and my wheels started spinning, “Let’s get this poor, miserable team back to winning! It worked with the Bucks–hell, in just one short year, The ‘Midwestern Sixers’ revived ‘Fear the Deer!’ Last summer, we set […]
Shane Peterson’s Role in 2016
Center field is a problem area for the Brewers. They don’t currently have a great option on the roster, as Domingo Santana best fits in right field despite getting the majority of the playing time in center down the stretch. They do, though, have minor-league options who are likely to be ready at some point […]
Khris Davis’s Oddly Scorching September
As the once-vivacious Brewers farm system dried up a few years ago, it had few bright spots. One of them, Khris Davis, made his mark in 2015, his second full season at the Major League level. He built off his rookie year accomplishments, betteringhis slash line to .247/.323/.505, which was good enough for a .286 TAv (remember: […]
Zack Greinke’s Contract Consternates The Owners
Zack Greinke signed a six-year, $206 million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks last week and put to rest my irrational sports dream that he would return to Milwaukee for a triumphant vengeance tour. I suppose that will have to wait for 2021, when 38-year-old Greinke will undoubtedly team up with suspiciously spry and athletic 37-year-old […]
Does Taylor Jungmann Have A Platoon Split?
With all of the cringe- (and other bodily function) inducing pitching performances that the 2015 Brewers produced, right-hander Taylor Jungmann really stood alone. His ERA ranked first among the team’s starters, and so did his DRA. Over his 21 starts and 119.1 innings pitched, he provided Brewers fans with a safe haven from the putrid play […]
Rooting for Ryan Braun and What It Means to be a Fan
Brewers fans have a complicated relationship with Ryan Braun. The team has been stationed in Milwaukee since 1970, but they’ve really only been good for an extended period of time twice: the Robin Yount/Paul Molitor years and the Braun/Fielder teams of recent memory. And given that Molitor and Yount last played together during the 1992 […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Winter Meetings are Coming
As I write this, I’m still trying to comprehend what I just saw during the end of the football match featuring our local 22. I have nothing else to offer at this time. Please give me the benefit of the doubt during this difficult and confusing time as we attempt to move forward together. God bless […]