The Continued Costs of Miller Park

Non-Tender Targets

The salary arbitration contract tender deadline passed, and the Brewers decided not to tender contracts to Jonathan Schoop, Dan Jennings and Xavier Cedeno. The Schoop decision was the most intriguing and BP Milwaukee analyzed the decision before the it was made. While deciding that Schoop would not justify the potential salary from his arbitration hearing […]

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Assessing Roster Moves II: Trending Sideways

It was difficult to discern a roster building plan during the Brewers’ two week stretch of Rule 5 roster protection and waiver-and-designate, but that sense has disappeared completely this week. First, GM David Stearns effectively closed his waiver spree by signing Korean Baseball Organization superstar Eric Thames, adding a well-priced value play to the MLB […]

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Assessing Roster Moves I: To Protect and Tender

Marginal theory is central to economic valuation because it provides tools for analyzing the cost and benefit of one additional unit added (or subtracted) from a current situation. In one economic game, the competitive market, marginal theory can be used to help find an equilibrium between supply and demand; in another economic game, such as […]

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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, […]