At this time a year ago, the Milwaukee Brewers community was abuzz regarding pitching prospect Jorge Lopez. The right-hander had just completed an excellent season at AA Biloxi, posting a 2.26 ERA and 3.24 DRA across 143.3 innings en route to winning the organization’s Minor League Pitcher of the Year award. He even earned a brief […]
Tag: 2017 Brewers
Selling While You’re Ahead
In just over a year at the helm as the Milwaukee Brewers’ general manager, David Stearns has shown an incredible ability to find value in places where no one thought to look. By buying low on Jonathan Villar, re-signing Hernan Perez, and betting against Keon Broxton’s strikeout problem, Stearns has accumulated assets without giving up […]
What does success look like for Orlando Arcia in 2017?
Despite limited expectations, Brewers top prospect shortstop Orlando Arcia’s bat was still underwhelming in 2016. In his 55-game first stint with the big club, Arcia managed just a .219/.273/.358 batting line and struck out in 21.8 percent of his plate appearances. Arcia’s down year shouldn’t be much of a concern. Besides the fact that he […]
Assessing Roster Moves IV: Prospect Value
In the previous installment of this series, a reader comment provided an excellent point about judging prospects: monetizing prospect value appears to inflate their potential value, compared to MLB players. That this should not be surprising does not diminish the salience of the point — analysts have much, much more information available about MLB players. Moreover, […]
Why Free Agent Relievers Make So Much Sense for Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s hot stove season has been popping already, but most of that action has come on the trade market. The Brewers have signed just one free agent thus far, Eric Thames, at a bargain-bin tab of $16.5 million. That may not be the case for long, as the club is rumored to be on the […]
Rule 5 Brewers
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 […]
Gambling on Adam Walker
A week ago, the Milwaukee Brewers claimed prospect Adam Brett Walker off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. Walker was born in Milwaukee and graduated from Milwaukee Lutheran High School, so that automatically makes for an interesting plot line as only nine players born in the state have ever suited up for the Milwaukee Nine. While it […]
Quick Glance: Blake Parker
When you think of the great Brewers right-handed bullpen successes of recent vintage, chances are a fastball/curveball ideal comes to mind. Milwaukee’s most recent reclamation project, Jeremy Jeffress, revitalized his career on the strengths of a blazing fastball and impeccable curve combination. But, there is reason to believe that Rob Scahill might fit this mold, […]
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 […]
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 […]