The Brewers are in the midst of a stunning September surge, one that could potentially find them playing themselves out of a 2017 Top 10 draft pick and — better yet — finding another MLB role from their pile of future values. This surge is stunning because thus far it’s come against the World Champion […]
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Game 125 Recap: Brewers 6 Rockies 4
Tl;dr: The Brewers withstood a strong start by Colorado’s Jon Gray and scored six runs off the Rockies bullpen to win 6-4. Top Play: After being held in check by Jon Gray through six innings, the Brewers came back to take the lead in the seventh inning. Jake McGee started the inning for Colorado and […]
Pricing Failed Tanks
Among Brewers fans, there might be approximately four groups: (1) Casual fans that will tune out rebuilding (2) Everyday fans that vocally oppose rebuilding (3) Everyday fans that support rebuilding “as is” (4) Everyday fans that support tanking These distinctions might seem useless, or trivial at best, but nearly every future value decision for the organization will find […]
Game 110 Recap: Braves 4 Brewers 3
Top Play (WPA): The top play of the game came in the fifth inning. The Brewers were down 3-1 to the Braves. Zach Davies who has been pitching great of late turned in a solid but not great performance. He pitched seven innings giving up three runs on two home runs, striking out three batters, but walking none. […]
Game 104 Recap: Padres 7 Brewers 3
The final day, the final hours of the trade deadline were hectic. Jonathan Lucroy, Will Smith, and Jeremy Jeffress were all traded, leaving the Brewers with somewhat of a depleted roster for tonight’s game. But, all of these trades, while hurting the overall quality of the team, will open spots for other players. Top Play […]
Game 92 Recap: Brewers 9 Pirates 5
TL;DR The Brewers won their 40th game of the season Wednesday night, putting in a solid day’s work to breeze past the Pirates, 9-5. Chase Anderson failed to reach the fifth inning for the fourth time in five starts, but the bullpen slammed the door shut while Milwaukee’s offense continued to pour it on. TOP […]
Game 83 Recap: Brewers 5 Nationals 2
The Brewers continued their season-long mastery of the Washington Nationals, this time using a couple of mid-late game home runs to establish an insurmountable deficit. According to the WTMJ broadcast, the Brewers won their season series against the Nationals for the first time since 2010. Top Play: Once again, the Brewers found themselves in the […]
Game 76 Recap: Dodgers 6 Brewers 5
Tl;dr: Chase Anderson put the Brewers in an early hole and the Dodgers bullpen held off a late Brewers rally to win 6-5. Top Play (WPA): Though they lost, the top play of the game belonged to the Brewers. Specifically, the top play was Ryan Braun’s double in the third inning, which scored both Keon […]
Game 65 Recap: Giants 3 Brewers 2
Tl;dr: The Brewers scored two off Madison Bumgarner, but some erratic relief work left them with a 3-2 loss. Top Play (WPA): Hernan Perez’s RBI single in the 6th inning tied the game at two (.174). Jonathan Villar scored on the play. Unfortunately, on this play the Brewers not only scored their last run of […]
Game 60 Recap: Mets 5 Brewers 2
I’m not sure who’s brilliant idea it was to schedule baseball games the day of the draft, but here we are. TOP PLAY (WPA): The top play of the game, for the Mets, came very early on. In fact, it occurred in the first inning, with the first hitter of the game. Jimmy Nelson didn’t […]