This has been a year to forget for the Brewers major-league team and several of its mainstays. Jonathan Lucroy is chief among them. He started the season poorly before hitting the disabled list for several weeks with a broken toe. By every major WAR calculation, Lucroy has been worth less than a win for the […]
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Rolling Out the Barrel: All Aboard the Jungmann-Santana Express!
If you’re here trying to get some profound insight on the state of the Milwaukee Brewers as currently constructed, I don’t know what to tell you. They usually lose, though they don’t lose quite often enough to threaten Philadelphia, Miami or Colorado for the #1 pick in next years draft — in fact, they aren’t […]
Corey Knebel Demonstrates His Potential
The Brewers currently suffer from shortages of many things — dependable starting pitchers, hitters who can take a walk, rangy outfielders — but their bullpen continues to carry them. The club’s relievers have pitched to a 3.58 ERA (14th in the majors) and a 3.66 DRA (fourth in the majors), in an attempt to compensate for the […]
Game One-Hundred Twenty-Seven Recap: Indians 6, Brewers 2
WHAT HAPPENED In the last game in a two-game series against Cleveland, the Brewers were hoping to avoid the “sweep.” Despite putting seven hits on the board, the offense limped through nine innings as Milwaukee only mustered two runs across the plate. Unfortunately, Jimmy Nelson was just as dull as the offense. His line for […]
The Tale of Scooter
As the season moves into the last few weeks, the Milwaukee brass should be in the process of evaluating every player in the organization and making determinations on whether players can be contributing members to the next contending Brewers teams. Today, I’ll take a look at Scooter Gennett’s past, present, and future as a Milwaukee […]
Brewers Farm Update: Thursday, August 27
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (56-75), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 El Paso 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 2 6 1 RHP Ariel Pena: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 […]
What’s Going On With Jonathan Lucroy’s Pitch Framing?
The date was November 13, 2014. Clayton Kershaw was named the National League’s most valuable player. In second place was Giancarlo Stanton, followed by Andrew McCutchen, and in fourth was Jonathan Lucroy. The 2014 season proved to be a “breakout year” for Lucroy. It was his first time on the MVP ballot. He finished with […]
Game One Hundred Twenty-Six Recap: Indians 11, Brewers 6
WHAT HAPPENED In a game that Milwaukee lost despite scoring six runs, we got a bitter taste of the pitching problems that have plagued the Brewers all season. Wily Peralta and Kyle Lohse have combined to throw over 200 innings in 2015, and they have combined for -1.2 WARP. Peralta started this game and pitched […]
Brewers Farm Update: Wednesday, August 26
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (56-74), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 3 0 10 14 1 El Paso 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 4 0 RHP Hiram Burgos: (W, 3-3) 5.0 IP, 0 […]
Khris Davis’ August Hot Streak
There’s no point in lying to you. I’m an unabashed Khris Davis fan. He’s not a superstar. He’s not even All-Star caliber. But I do think he’s at least a quality regular with a chance to be a touch above league-average. The defense will always hold him back a bit, but the offense is the driving force […]