The Brewers may not have been quite as active as some had expected prior to Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline, but Slingin’ David Stearns still managed to move arguably the club’s three most valuable assets. Left-handed reliever Will Smith was sent to the Giants for Catcher Andrew Susac and RHP Phil Bickford, while franchise catcher Jonathan […]
Tag: 2016 Brewers
Lucroy Takes Control of His Future
Saturday night, everybody thought Jonathan Lucroy was on his way to Cleveland, dealt in exchange for four exciting young prospects. But come Sunday morning, Lucroy had exercised the no-trade clause in his contract, putting an end to a move to the first place Cleveland squad despite his repeated desires to play for a championship contender. […]
What This Deadline Could Tell Us About Stearns
We’re getting close. We’re almost at the trade deadline, and as you might already know, the Brewers should be major players in this year’s market. R.J. Anderson actually called the team, last week, the most interesting team in baseball, for the way they could impact the deadline. That’s because the Brewers could go in a […]
Gomez Trades One Year Later
For Brewers fans looking to knock the rebuild, 2016 has seen setbacks and injuries for several notable Brewers prospects. The system development has largely served as a polar opposite to 2015’s large step forward. In this context, however, the Brewers club also offers exceptional player development lessons with Junior Guerra and Jonathan Villar, who both […]
Scooter Gennett: Starting 2B
When covering a player’s potential role, it is tempting to see some type of “determinism,” or inevitability, about that role. If a player has some tools and traits that are likely to play into a part time or bench role, it may be difficult for fans and analysts to see that player in any other […]
Recapping the Brewers’ Month of June
So! The MLB season is more than halfway over — today, in case you don’t own a calendar, is the 13th day of July. The Brewers wrapped up their third month a couple of weeks ago; over the course of 26 June contests, they notched 12 wins to 14 losses. That makes for a slightly worse record than […]
Meeting the Deadline
If Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is to be believed, the Brewers could be the biggest sellers of the 2016 Trade Deadline. Teams are already beating a path to One Brewers’ Way, as Rosenthal reported earlier this month, and the list of players who could possibly find their way out of Milwaukee is long and […]
Credit the Process, Not the Result
Junior Guerra currently holds a 3.13 DRA. Among starting pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched, that ranks 19th in all of baseball. If we consider the idea that since there are 30 teams there are 30 “Aces” (Yes, some of you will disagree with this classification), Junior Guerra is performing like an “Ace”. This […]
The Relative Value of Ryan Braun’s Contract
When Ryan Braun signed his contract extension in April 2011, it was prohibitively large. Braun, after all, had already signed a seven-year contract in 2008, so this deal wasn’t even going to kick in until after the 2015 season. And even though Braun was only entering his age-27 season, he was certainly no sure bet […]
So, The Brewers Aren’t Awful
Behind a win Sunday over the Mets, powered by another strong start from Zach Davies, the Brewers elevated their record to 30-33. The Brewers had already lost 48 times last year by the time they won their 30th game, and they are far closer to teams like the Cardinals, Pirates and Dodgers in the standings […]