The Brewers spent last week beating up on the American League East. They swept the Orioles at home and took two of three from the Yankees in New York, with a win in Chicago in between to make it a 6-1 week. Brewers Yankees Friday July 7 9 4 Saturday July 8 3 5 Sunday […]
Tag: 2017 Brewers
Remembering Tomorrow: Beyond Buying and Selling
On March 16, 2017, Baseball Prospectus published my remembrance for the 2017 Brewers. The goal of the exercise was to discern the aspects of the team that would define their 2017 future, and then analyze those elements. My criticism of the Brewers offseason was buttressed by scenario planning involving league wide trends, as well as […]
What (We Think) We Know Halfway
It’s halfway between the actual halfway point of the baseball season and the de facto halfway point, so it’s time to take a look at what we think we know about the Brewers based on when stats begin to stabilize. The usual disclaimer here applies, in that these stats aren’t meant to be taken as […]
Weekend Recap 12: Vogt and Thames
The Brewers started the back half of their schedule by taking two of three from the Miami Marlins to successfully start their homestand. Marlins Brewers Friday June 30 2 3 Saturday July 1 4 8 Sunday July 2 10 3 New acquisition Stephen Vogt provided all the offense the Brewers needed in their win on […]
Midseason 2017 #2: 3 Up 3 Down
One of the toughest aspects of following a rebuilding team like the Brewers, which exaggerates problems with following minor league baseball in general, is the sheer lack of information and nearly complete uncertainty involved with prospects. Fans can watch the box scores, and in some cases even the games, without gaining any particular idea of […]
Sogard Continues to Fight Regression
The story of Eric Sogard’s 2017 season can be a loosely tied metaphor to this current Brewers campaign. I emphasize the word loose, because Sogard was once batting in the .400s. The Brewers were never that good. However, through April and May, the entire league was patiently waiting for the Brewers to regress some bit, […]
Where can the Brewers Improve?
The first three months of the season have not gone as expected. The Brewers find themselves a top the National League Central with 82 games to go. They expect to have a hell of a time holding off the defending World Champion Chicago Cubs. The Brewers are in a peculiar position because 2017 was supposed […]
A Vogt of Confidence
On the surface, the Brewers’ waiver claim of former Oakland catcher Stepen Vogt might look like more of the same. I’ve written before about Milwaukee’s propensity for using the waiver wire and, really, a significant part of the team was built from the scraps of other franchises. Hernan Perez. Junior Guerra. Carlos Torres and Jared […]
Brewers Baserunning and Sprint Speed
Last season, the Brewers led all of baseball in stolen bases by a considerable amount. They were not, however, a particularly good baserunning team, at least according to BP’s BRR statistic, which calculates overall value contributed by baserunning rather than just being limited to stolen base percentage. In 2016, according to BRR, the Brewers were […]
Thames, Sprints, and a Hart Homage
Remember early this season when everyone that didn’t think Eric Thames was on steroids (as John Lackey and the Cubs did) blamed the horrific Cincinnati Reds pitching staff for the success of the Milwaukee slugger? Well, it turns out they were mostly right. Eight of Thames’s first eleven homers were in his 7 games and […]