I went into this research assignment trying to figure out what has to go right for Jhoulys Chacin to be good this year. I’ve come out of it with no real idea at all. Chacin has had an up-and-down career. He was quite solid for many years in Colorado, which is impressive given that he […]
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Weekend Recap: Anderson and Chacin
The Brewers earned their only Sunday off day of the season as they completed a series sweep of the Padres on Saturday. After a sluggish offensive start to the season, the Brewers exploded for fifteen runs over the second and third games of the series, punctuated by Ryan Braun’s dramatic home run on Friday and […]
Trust the Rotation
Entering 2017, the Milwaukee Brewers employed a rotational turn consisting of five righties: Junior Guerra, Zach Davies, Wily Peralta, Chase Anderson, and Jimmy Nelson. Coupled with Matt Garza on the disabled list, this major group was 20 runs below average over 845.3 innings in 2016. The sole positive producers were Guerra and Davies, the former […]
Did The Brewers Find a Jhoul In The Rough?
December of 2017 was not a fun month to be a fan of the Milwaukee Brewers, on the surface. Shohei Ohtani considered Milwaukee for approxiomately 1.25 seconds before deciding against the Midwest. The Cardinals got significantly better, adding Marcell Ozuna to their outfield for next to nothing (although watching them stumble over their own feet […]
Jhoulys Chacin’s Troubling Splits
On December 20th, the Milwaukee Brewers shored up the backend of their starting rotation by signing the soon-to-be thirty-year-old right-hander Jhoulys Chacin to a two-year, $15.5 million dollar contract. Chacin is coming off of what was perhaps the best season of his career. He was worth a career-high 2.9 WARP over 180.3 innings pitched with […]
2018 Potential Free Agent Targets
The 2017 regular season has come-to-a-close. The Milwaukee Brewers fell just short of a playoff spot, finishing 86-76, one game behind the Colorado Rockies for the second wild-card spot. The Brewers vastly outperformed their pre-season expectations. They competed with the defending World Series Champion Chicago Cubs for the National League Central title through mid-to-late September. […]