The most exciting time of the offseason – Major League Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings – will take place next week just outside of the nation’s capitol in National Harbor, Maryland. Amidst all the trade rumors and free agent signings, one of the notable events that happens every year at the Winter Meetings is the Rule 5 […]
Tag: 2016 Brewers
The Importance of 2016
The 2016 season was an important one for the Brewers. In 2015, Milwaukee changed their general manager, and a number of front office moves were made. This meant the team was going into a different direction, with a different set of people, with a different set of skills, and ideas. It was also a season […]
Does Tyler Thornburg Have A Reverse Platoon Split?
The Brewers have quite a bit of familiarity with platoon splits, especially when it comes to relievers. During his two-ish years in Milwaukee, Jeremy Jeffress fared far better against right-handed batters (.242 wOBA against) than he did against lefties (.351 wOBA). A host of other faceless bullpen arms — Burke Badenhop, Neal Cotts, and Jonathan Broxton, […]
Grading Trades IV: Current Assets
The Brewers are in an intriguing position entering the 2016-2017 offseason: The club has one of the best farm systems, if not the best in terms of depth and top prospects, in the MLB. Milwaukee has extreme payroll flexibility in terms of guaranteed and arbitration contracts. While the front office was sorting through roster options […]
Grading Trades III: Normative Analysis
What makes a trade valuable? Is it simply a matter of both sides of the deal working out in some sort of WARP/monetized production equilibrium? Can players other than those involved in the trade be judged alongside the trade in order to determine its value to the team? What of the team properly assessing their […]
Milwaukee’s Financial Flexibility Heading into Free Agency
The offseason is swiftly approaching, meaning it’s almost time for the second round of David Stearns and company’s rebuilding efforts in Milwaukee. The Brewers never looked like a playoff team by any means in 2016, but the fact that they improved upon their 2015 performance by five games despite all the talent that was jettisoned […]
Brewers Player Usage Over the Years
A few weeks ago, on the BP Milwaukee podcast, host Vineet Barot wondered how many players the Brewers used in 2016 and how that compared to other teams. I thought it was an interesting question and therefore decided to find out. For today I’ll just put it into Brewers historical context, and when I have […]
The Rebuild Is Over
Three days ago, the Brewers rebuilding effort seemed to be making its last stop: veteran left fielder Ryan Braun cleared trade waivers, opening the opportunity for GM David Stearns to trade Braun to one of the contenders clear of his no-trade clause. In the offseason, Braun appeared to be a potential salary dump trade for […]
Pricing Failed Tanks
Among Brewers fans, there might be approximately four groups: (1) Casual fans that will tune out rebuilding (2) Everyday fans that vocally oppose rebuilding (3) Everyday fans that support rebuilding “as is” (4) Everyday fans that support tanking These distinctions might seem useless, or trivial at best, but nearly every future value decision for the organization will find […]
Recapping the Brewers Month of July
On Sunday, the Brewers wrapped up their fourth month of the 2016 campaign. July saw them compile a 13-14 record, their third straight month of respectability — in May, they worked their way to a 15-14 mark, and they put together a 12-14 run in June. To check out some captivating stats from those months, […]