Welcome to the eighth edition of the Weekend Recap. The Brewers took Sunday’s game to prevent a sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers, thanks to a strong pitching performance from Zach Davies, who allowed less than two runs for only the second time this season. Even with the win yesterday, the weekend […]
Tag: 2017 Brewers analysis
Surplus: Scalp or Spread
The Brewers are currently lead by a group of surprisingly valuable players, which is undeniably one of the reasons that the club remains steadily better than average. Entering Sunday’s game against the Dodgers, the Brewers’ top WARP belonged to: Eric Thames, nearly a handful of years removed from the MLB, previously a Korean Baseball Organization […]
Jimmy Nelson’s Encouraging Two Months
The Milwaukee Brewers came into the 2017 season with a rotation full of guys they hoped could bridge the gap until starting pitching prospects such as Josh Hader, Luis Ortiz, and Brandon Woodruff make their way to the big leagues. It has not worked out as expected. Chase Anderson, who barely made the rotation in […]
What (We Think) We Learned in May
Because more than some 2,000 years ago an emperor thought it was a good idea, we have months to divide up our year and, by extension, our baseball season. Seems like as good of a reason as any to check in with the state of the Brewers statistical profile and what, if anything, one can discern […]
What Should the Brewers do with Matt Garza?
Coming into this season, I had low expectations for Matt Garza. He began the year on the disabled list so we already knew that he wasn’t completely healthy, and he was coming off of two horrendous seasons. In 2015, Garza threw 148.7 and posted a DRA of 6.18, which was good enough for a whopping […]
Weekend Recap 7: Thames, Nelson
With the holiday weekend, I’m going to skip the usual focus of the Weekend Recap of one series to expand our universe to include Monday’s game against the Mets. After another hitless game on Monday, Eric Thames has now gone nineteen at bats without a hit, drawing only three walks during that span. Everyone knew […]
Analyzing Espino’s Whirl-windy Debut
My dad, who grew up in and around Chicago, remembers driving into Wrigleyville with a friend in the summer of 1969, when Billy Williams, Ron Santo, and Ernie Banks batted 3-4-5 for the Cubs. He was seventeen years old and was there to see his first-place Cubs take on the New York Mets. The Cubs […]
Heavy Hitting Brewers
Can anything slow down the Brewers offense? Over the past couple of weeks, they’ve dealt with absences from the Eric Thames, Ryan Braun and Travis Shaw — the entire heart of the order — and yet they’ve continued to produce. Even with Sunday’s loss to the Cubs, the Brewers are 10-2 over the past 12 […]
The Call-Up: Paolo Espino
The Situation: The Milwaukee Brewers find themselves in unfamiliar territory early on this season: in first place in the National League Central at 24-18. The Brew Crew’s hot start has been thanks in large part to an offense that ranks second in the league with 221 runs scored. The pitching staff looked rather suspect early […]
Examining Keon Broxton
Outside of Eric Thames, there may not have been a more interesting player coming into the 2017 campaign than Keon Broxton. Acquired by the Brewers in December 2015, Broxton broke onto the scene in 2016. He slashed .242/.354/.430 in 244 plate appearances, accumulating a 1.4 WARP. Drag that out over a full season and you […]