The Brewers marched into Los Angeles and took down the mighty Dodgers in two of three games over the weekend. The pitching staff led the way, holding the Dodgers to fives runs over the three games. It was the first series loss by Los Angeles since early June against the Nationals. The series win allowed […]
Tag: Corey Knebel
Corey Knebel is Making Brewers History
Prior to the 2017 season, Brewers right-handed reliever Corey Knebel was tabbed by many as the closer of the future. Neftali Feliz was slated to start the year as the teams closer, but if he faltered, Knebel would likely take his place. Exactly that scenario happened. By mid-May, Knebel was the Brewers closer. He is […]
Weekend Recap 13: Aguilar, Knebel
The Brewers spent last week beating up on the American League East. They swept the Orioles at home and took two of three from the Yankees in New York, with a win in Chicago in between to make it a 6-1 week. Brewers Yankees Friday July 7 9 4 Saturday July 8 3 5 Sunday […]
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 […]
Surplus: Scalp or Spread
The Brewers are currently lead by a group of surprisingly valuable players, which is undeniably one of the reasons that the club remains steadily better than average. Entering Sunday’s game against the Dodgers, the Brewers’ top WARP belonged to: Eric Thames, nearly a handful of years removed from the MLB, previously a Korean Baseball Organization […]
What (We Think) We Learned in May
Because more than some 2,000 years ago an emperor thought it was a good idea, we have months to divide up our year and, by extension, our baseball season. Seems like as good of a reason as any to check in with the state of the Brewers statistical profile and what, if anything, one can discern […]
Weekend Recap: S-W-E-E-P!
Welcome to Week Six of the Weekend Recap. The Brewers had themselves a great weekend against the Mets, sweeping the series and capping it by scoring ten runs after the 5th inning to come back from a 7-1 deficit. Milwaukee won, 11-9. Weekend Series Mets Brewers Friday May 12 4 7 Saturday May 13 4 […]
First Two Weeks: By the Numbers
It is hard to draw any conclusions 15 games into a season, but that doesn’t stop anyone from trying to make something of what has already happened. A closer look at a few numbers posted by individual Brewers and the team as a whole will give fans and analysts a glimpse of how the season […]
Weekend Recap 2: Knebel and Torres
Welcome to Week Two of the Weekend Recap. The Brewers had a successful weekend in Cincinnati which saw them take three of four games from the division leading (!) Reds to move into second (!) place. Weekend Series Brewers Reds Thursday April 13 5 1 Friday April 14 10 4 Saturday April 15 5 7 […]
Winning Jobs: Spring Training Stuff!
The Brewers have an almost absurd level of organization depth and MLB roster flexibility at the moment, which leaves many questions about the shape of the roster for the 2017 season. At this point it should almost be a given that the August 1, 2017 roster will not be the roster that breaks camp, in […]