The notion of market inefficiency flooded the baseball lexicon following the publication of Moneyball in 2003. It chronicled the unlikely success of the Oakland Athletics, a small-market team that built contending rosters through identifying gaps in market value. That is, the Athletics needed to uncover under-appreciated skill sets and construct a roster around them. The Athletics blazed a trail that […]
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Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, August 25
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (55-74), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 13 0 El Paso 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 LHP Brent Suter: (W, 3-0) 6.0 IP, 4 […]
Lohse Moves To The Right & Finds Success
The 2015 season has not gone as planned for Kyle Lohse. After two solid campaigns in the Brewers’ starting rotation — where he pitched to mid-three ERAs despite mediocre peripherals — he has completely deflated, allowing more than six runs per nine innings. No team can continue to run out a pitcher with that kind […]
The 2006 Brewers and the Search for Hope
The Brewers have felt hopeless this season for the first time, at least to me, in a decade. Since the trading deadline in particular, with many of the club’s best players offloaded for prospects, contention has seemed stuck over the horizon, just out of reach. The major-league lineup isn’t competitive, and the next wave of […]
Brewers Farm Update: Monday, August 24
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (54-74), 24.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tacoma 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0 Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 x 5 7 1 RHP Ariel Pena: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, […]
Who Is Milwaukee’s True Closer?
On Wednesday, the Brewers were beating the Miami Marlins 8-6 going into the ninth inning. Fransisco Rodriguez then entered in his usual spot to close the game. He surrendered a home run with two outs but still finished the game with the lead intact, securing the win and earning himself the save. The save is an abstract concept. It […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Biloxi, Denson and Hope for the Future
I was able to watch a majority of the Brewers’ three-game series against Miami this week, including a Monday night trip to a mostly-empty Miller Park, and if you caught any of it yourself, you’ll understand why this week’s Rolling Out the Barrel is solely dedicated to the organization’s prospects. With the major-league club stumbling through […]
Jungmann’s Strange Fly-Ball Profile
Taylor Jungmann has been one of the few relative bright spots in a disappointing season for the Brewers. The 25-year-old righty has posted 1.7 WARP in just 74.3 innings, which could be extrapolated over five wins in a 180-inning season. Obviously, this pace is unsustainable and not reflective of his true-talent level, as our own J.P. Breen […]
Game One Hundred And Twenty-Two Recap: Brewers 8, Marlins 7
WHAT HAPPENED The game had an ominous beginning. Dee Gordon, the leadoff hitter for the Marlins, singled up the middle. He then stole second base and moved up on a passed ball to third. After a Martin Prado groundout, which scored Gordon, Derek Dietrich doubled. But the first early game blow came from Justin Bour, […]
Brewers Farm Update: Thursday, August 20
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (52-72), 23.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tacoma 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 2 Col. Springs 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 x 9 13 2 LHP Brent Suter: (W, 2-0) 7.0 IP, 6 H, […]