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What is Player Development?

Brewers GM David Stearns had a wild non-waiver trade deadline to close July, and the GM once again proved that he was not afraid to deal potentially quality talent as the August waiver trade deadline was closing. As the waiver trade deadline closed, Stearns parted with college catching development project KJ Harrison (who might also […]

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Trouble

The Brewers pitching staff is in shambles. Between role regression among key pitchers, injuries to a group of key early-season pitchers as well as crucial trade deadline acquisitions, and an essential end to the rotating “shuttle team” to Triple-A Colorado Springs, the Brewers have lost their ability to prevent runs. Based on Baseball Reference Three […]

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Runs Prevented: Guerra vs Hellickson

It’s one of those beautiful gifts bestowed by the length of the baseball season, an absolute honor handed down from the mundane days of July, a happy accident from depth-oriented roster construction. Most of the baseball season is biding time, and while that can result in blissful anomalies such as Eric Kratz and Hernan Perez […]