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 […]
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Claiming Vogt
The Brewers shook things up behind the plate on Sunday. Jett Bandy has been jettisoned to Class-AAA, and to replace him the Brewers snatched Stephen Vogt off the waiver wire from the Oakland Athletics. Vogt was an All-Star in 2015 and 2016 for the Athletics, partially because the weak Athletics roster had no obvious candidates […]
Naming Contending Brewers Stars
The Brewers have spent 36 days in first place this 2017 season, which is perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the MLB campaign. Even those analysts and fans that felt the rebuild and develop campaign was on the right track hardly thought the Brewers would be competitive in the vast majority of cases. Many […]
The Juiced Ball and You
The Brewers are fun! And one of the main reasons they’re fun is all of the massive dingers they hit. Keon Broxton has been Aaron Judge-lite over the past several days, and Travis Shaw has been routinely destroying baseballs. As of this writing the Brewers have clubbed 98 home runs, tied for 5th in all […]
Buy Low Relief
If the rebuild is in fact, over, as some have suggested, it could be time for the Brewers to turn their attention to maximizing wins in the current season. Perhaps no aspect of the team has been as widely discussed, dissected, and at times bemoaned by the fan base as the bullpen. And in fact, […]
130 Games of New Wave
The use of restrictive linguistic categories complicates discussion about the 2017 Brewers: since these upstart Brewers will not stop winning, they are short-circuiting fan dialogue between “rebuilding” and “winning now.” According to Baseball Reference, Sunday’s thrilling 2-1 win against San Diego marked the 32nd day that the Brewers stood in first place in the National […]
Brewers Debuts in History
Milwaukee has been MLB debut central in 2017, with Brandon Woodruff’s delayed debut making it five total on the season. Some have been more heralded than others (Brett Phillips’s debut almost felt like a national holiday), but none have been all that successful. Phillps struck out swinging twice before he slapped his first hit up the […]
Keon Broxton: Exit Velocity King?
Last year, Keon Broxton’s average exit velocity was 91.7 mph, which was a top-20 mark in all of baseball. By this measure, he was comparable to such luminaries as Yoenis Cespedes, Jose Bautista, and Khris Davis, and his breakout potential was well-covered in certain corners of the online baseball community. The idea that he was […]
The Unofficial Neftali Feliz Arson Report
The Brewers took a gamble on an unpredictable relief pitcher this off-season. So far, the house is up big. On Sunday evening, the Brewers’ Chase Anderson had himself a nice vengeance game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, who traded him away prior to the 2016 season. Anderson pitched six innings, surrendering one run and striking out […]
Call-Ups Reveal the Idiocy of Service Time Rules
What an exciting week to be a Brewers fan! The results were mildly disappointing at best following a home split against a poor Giants team and a series loss in Arizona. But the games took a bit of a back seat to the call-ups of pitcher Josh Hader and outfielders Brett Phillips and Lewis Brinson. […]