Chris Carter hammered his 11th home run in Milwaukee’s 3-2 win over the Padres on Sunday, a mammoth blast off the right side of the center field scoreboard. Hit Tracker Online estimated its true distance at a cool 443 feet and its speed at 107.6 MPH off the bat, his longest home run of the […]
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Game 38 Recap: Brewers 3, Padres 2
TOP PLAY (WPA): The game was tied 2-2 in the seventh inning. Both Brewers runs were scored via the solo home run. The first was by Chris Carter in the third inning to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead. The second was Jonathan Lucroy in the fifth inning to put the Brewers up 2-1. Now, […]
Carter’s Career Year Improvements
Chris Carter is having a career year thus far in 2016; as of last Sunday, his .344 TAv is by far the highest of his career, and his .283 batting average and .404 ISO are the key driving forces behind that increase. But the key question is how sustainable is this improvement? Carter is arbitration-eligible […]
Game 33 Recap: Brewers 10 Marlins 2
Tl;dr: The Brewers chased starter Adam Conley in the fourth inning and continued scoring on the Marlins bullpen in a 10-2 win. Top Play (WPA): As mentioned above, the Brewers knocked Adam Conley out of the game after four innings, and Jonathan Villar played a large part in building that 4-2 lead. He terrorized Conley, […]
Game 32 Recap: Marlins 4 Brewers 1
TOP PLAY? WEIRDEST PLAY (WPA): On April 15th, I saw one of the weirdest plays in baseball. The Brewers were facing the Cardinals and Wily Peralta just gave a two-run home run to Randal Grichuk. Grichuk, however, passed Moss on the base paths who was tagging at first base. The problem was that neither the […]
Game 27 Recap: Angels 7 Brewers 3
A Tyler Thornburg eighth-inning implosion helped the Angels beat the Brewers on Wednesday afternoon, 7-3. Top Play (WPA): The eighth inning was the disaster inning for the Brewers, as a 3-2 lead became a 6-3 deficit. Mike Trout hit a leadoff home run to tie the game at 3, but Thornburg nearly managed to escape […]
Chris Carter’s Success and the Brewers’ 2016 Plan
This offseason, Brewers GM David Stearns pursued a low-risk, high-reward strategy of building a big-league team. He spent the first few months of his tenure accumulating minor league assets, and he continued to do that as he traded pieces from his big league club. This strategy acknowledged that the team was unlikely to be competitive […]
Game 26 Recap: Brewers 5 Angels 4
TL;DR: Chris Carter hit two bombs and the pitching held off the Angels as the Brewers won 5-4. Top Play (WPA): Jonathan Lucroy’s two run homer in the bottom of the 5th, which tied the game at 4 was the top play of the game (.247). All of the Brewers runs were scored via the […]
Game 24 Recap: Brewers 14 Marlins 5
Best Play: The Brewers laid it on the Marlins in this game, and the floodgates opened in the third inning against Tom Koehler. Leading 2-1, Jonathan Villar reached on an infield hit, then stole second. Ryan Braun brought him around with a single to right, increasing the score to 3-1 for Chris Carter. After working the count […]
Brewers Are Likely To Take More Walks In 2016
Before we begin, I should note: If you haven’t yet purchased a copy of the 2016 BP Annual, do that now. You’ll get statistics and projections and blurbs and essays and it’s a really good book so you should buy it. Got it? Good. (If you have purchased it, awesome! Now go leave a review, […]