Spring training occurs every year. And every year, as we reach the end of spring, people wonder whether we can take anything away from the statistics; every year, the answer should be no. The results don’t matter, so pitchers spend different starts working on one pitch or another. Hitters face these pitchers, and they are […]
Tag: Brewers baserunning
Craig Counsell and Pinch Running
If you were to ask someone how many times the Brewers pinch ran in 2016, you could win an awful lot of bar bets. You would also get a lot of strange looks, but it’s January and you’re thinking about baseball. Glancing through The Bill James Handbook 2017, the number really stands out: Craig Counsell called […]
Villar and Baserunning Havoc
Brewers shortstop Jonathan Villar has always been the backup plan. In Houston, he couldn’t escape the foreshadowed megastar Carlos Correa, and when he was shipped to Milwaukee for lanky right hander Cy Sneed prior to 2016, he was viewed as the bridge for top prospect Orlando Arcia. That reality inspired a certain fire inside Villar, […]