The Brewers front office has a difficult decision to make regarding second baseman Jonathan Schoop. The powerful right-handed bat was the subject of what may be GM David Stearns’s most controversial trade yet, as the GM swapped MLB roster asset Jonathan Villar, RHP Luis Ortiz, and (at the time) rookie ball flyer SS Jean Carmona […]
Tag: 2018 Brewers analysis
Weighing Schoop in 2019
The deadline acquisition of Jonathan Schoop was not met with great excitement by the Brewers fanbase. Neither his regular season .202 batting average /.246 on-base percentage /.331 slugging percentage slash line, nor his 0-8 postseason batting line, further endeared him to already resistant fans. Schoop’s anemic performance at the plate led to increased playing time […]
Taylor Reaches Roster
Once upon a time, Tyrone Taylor was considered to be one of the best prospects in all of baseball. The 2012 second-round draftee was rated as Milwaukee’s Number Two overall prospect prior to the 2014 season according to Baseball America, and he was ranked as the organization’s top prospect and baseball’s 93rd overall before the […]
Free Agency Analysis: LHP SP
For the 2018-2019 offseason, the Brewers could send the roster in several different directions to defend their National League Central title and attempt to return to the League Championship Series. The direct challenge to any potential “win-now” move is that the Brewers could justifiably spend much of 2019 developing many of their high-floor (and some […]
That Was Fun
Well, that was fun. The Brewers’ remarkable season came to an end this past weekend, with their magic running out just one game shy of the World Series. PECOTA’s preseason projection graded the Brewers as the fifth-best team in the National League and third-best team in the NL Central; some incredible performances from Christian Yelich, […]
The Rotation Was Good
Entering the 2018-2019 offseason, there remains a contentious debate among many Brewers fans about the need for the Brewers to improve starting pitching. Who can blame these fans? They just spent three weeks watching national analysts bludgeon the Brewers roster construction, bemoaning at nearly every chance that an ace would be preferable to whatever the […]
Weekend Recap: LCS
Unfortunately, the Brewers season ended on Saturday night. While many national media outlets breathlessly reported on Milwaukee’s pitcher usage and its sustainability throughout the playoffs, it was the bats that failed the team in the National League Championship Series. The Brewers won every game in which they scored at least four runs, but they couldn’t […]
Roster without Regularity
Throughout the MLB playoffs, coverage of our Beloved Brewers completely missed the point of the club’s roster construction. While national analysts consistently stated that the club could not sustain the type of pitching strategies demonstrated in the playoffs for an entire season, in fact the club was designed to withstand precisely that type of strategy. […]
Playoff Weapon: Brandon Woodruff
Prior to the end of the regular season, my colleague at BP Milwaukee, Sean Roberts, posited that Brandon Woodruff could be a “secret weapon” for the Milwaukee Brewers during the playoffs. I don’t think he meant it in quite such a literal sense, however. Woodruff was a main protagonist of “The Wade Miley Gambit,” relieving […]
Series Preview: The Guts
The Brewers released their Game Notes for Game Four tonight, in Los Angeles, meaning that there is relative certainty regarding the next two games of the series. Both games will be southpaw match-ups, with Waiver Trade acquisition Gio Gonzalez facing off against former Independent Leaguer and Curveball Artist Rich Hill before corresponding aces work on […]