Another week, another losing record. After splitting a pair of games in Chicago, the Brewers lost their weekend series in St. Louis. Before Sunday’s win, Milwaukee had fallen to third place in the division and out of a playoff spot for the first time since April. While the pitching performances this week were less than […]
Tag: Eric Thames
The Brewers Can’t Afford To Be Dumb
In the first half of the season Craig Counsell acted intelligently, especially about the use of is pitchers. This was important because the back half of the Brewer lineup was simply terrible, and to win games, they had to lock down the opponent. This is basically what happened as the Brewers surged to lead the […]
Thames is Still Good
This season’s Brewers storylines have been dominated by the bullpen, and with good reason: they wouldn’t be in first place in the NL Central without the top-three bullpen. Last season, though, the first half of the year was dominated by Eric Thames stories. He was so good in April that he was mentioned in early-season […]
21: The Trap
In a much-publicized scheduling crunch, the Brewers are headed on a trek in which 21 games will be played in the 20 days leading to the All Star Break. Any baseball fan will look at their favorite team’s schedule for such an occasion and grimace. That the stretch’s extra contest comes at the cost of […]
Weekend Recap: Knebel and Thames
After a promising start to the week, the Brewers ended it on a down note. Milwaukee won the last two games of their series against the Cubs, shutting out one of the best offenses in baseball according to TAv in both victories. After a huge Brewers victory on Friday night, Philadelphia won the last two […]
Series Preview: Brewers at Cubs
Just in time to test an eight game winning streak, our beloved Milwaukee Nine head south to take on the Lakeview Baseball Club, the new Evil Empire, the undisputed dynasty of the National League Central who will win the division without question. (We have the spreadsheets to prove it, why are we even playing the […]
Weekend Recap: Aguilar and Thames
The Brewers took care of business last week. After treading water against their National League Central competition, the Milwaukee Nine had an opportunity to bank some wins and they did not disappoint. After losing the opening game of their series against the Cincinnati Reds, the Brewers closed out that series with two straight wins, then […]
Weekend Recap: Walker and Thames
The Brewers completed a successful “away” series this weekend against the Miami Marlins, winning two of three games held at Miller Park. The weekend was defined by the bats, as the team scored twenty four runs across the series, highlighted by two eight run innings. Overall, Milwaukee went 4-2 on the week, but lost ground […]
Why are the Brewers Great Early and Terrible Late?
A friend pointed out to me that the Brewers have blown 40 leads this season (now 42), which seems like a lot. In checking other major league teams, it is in fact a lot. My initial reaction was to blame the bullpen but that is neither warranted nor fair. The issue is that this Brewers […]
How Good is Eric Thames?
Eric Thames was the story of the season for the first month or so. He posted a 1.276 OPS in April, and he looked like a true breakout candidate whose improvements in Korea would carry over in his return to MLB. As he is no longer hitting like peak Barry Bonds, however, he has fallen […]