The season is over and November is here, bringing baseball awards season with it. The Brewers, unfortunately, were (at best) mediocre is almost every single aspect of the game in 2015, and therefore don’t even have much to root for in terms of ultimately-meaningless individual awards. However, the BBWAA released it’s official ballot for the […]
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Jimmy Nelson: Success and Failure From the Release Point
With one hundred forty-six games played, the season is nearing its end. The Brewers are thirty games back with only sixteen left to play. They have been mathematically eliminated from the postseason. For everyone invested in the organization, the end of the season cannot come any quicker. With the offseason fast approaching, our beloved team […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: We’re All Just Folk Now
Happy Friday, folks, and welcome to a brand new edition of Rolling Out the Barrel. I was out in the Third Ward last night, celebrating the birthdays of my friends Kiki and Kenne. On my way out of the Milwaukee Ale House, I spotted a pair of Cardinals fans, no doubt in town to witness […]
Game One-Hundred Twenty-Seven Recap: Indians 6, Brewers 2
WHAT HAPPENED In the last game in a two-game series against Cleveland, the Brewers were hoping to avoid the “sweep.” Despite putting seven hits on the board, the offense limped through nine innings as Milwaukee only mustered two runs across the plate. Unfortunately, Jimmy Nelson was just as dull as the offense. His line for […]
Game One-Hundred Eight Recap: Brewers 4, Padres 1
TOP PLAY (WPA) After the Brewers managed just one run in the first three frames — despite six baserunners — Shane Peterson led off in the bottom of the fourth. The Brewers had just taken the lead in the previous inning, but a Yonder Alonso sacrifice fly brought in the tying run in the top of the fourth. […]
Game One-Hundred Seven Recap: Padres 13, Brewers 5
TOP PLAY (WPA) With both teams having traded the lead twice already in the top of the second (more on that later), the game was tied at two. Padres leadoff hitter Alexi Amarista came up to the plate with runners at the corners and two outs. Amarista ripped a double, advancing to third on the […]
Game 97 Recap: Brewers 2, Diamondbacks 1
TOP PLAY (WPA): In the top of the sixth inning with nobody out, Ryan Braun broke the scoreless tie by going opposite field on the first pitch for his 18th home run of the season (+.162 WPA). Unlike last night, there was nobody on base for Braun, but a solo shot proved devastating enough as […]
Jimmy Nelson Takes the Next Step
The Brewers’ rotation has, perhaps, had the largest hand in torpedoing their 2015 season. As a whole, the group owns a 4.64 ERA (fifth-worst in baseball), a 4.34 FIP (sixth-worst in baseball), and a 4.68 DRA (fifth-worst in baseball). The struggles of Kyle Lohse and Matt Garza have caused most of this, and Mike Fiers […]
Game Eighty-Eight Recap: Dodgers 3, Brewers 2
TOP PLAY (WPA): On the second wild pitch of the fifth inning, Scooter Gennett advanced from third putting the Brewers up 2-0 (+.102 WPA). The inning started with both Milwaukee and Los Angeles scoreless after four frames. On a 1-0 count, Jean Segura slapped a grounder up the middle for a single. In the next […]
Game Seventy-Three Recap: Brewers 4, Mets 1
TOP PLAY (WPA): Leading off the top of the fourth, Curtis Granderson crushed a 94-mph fastball on a 1-2 count from Jimmy Nelson over the right-field wall for a solo home run, bringing the Mets within a run (.112 WPA). Looking back on the game, this solo home run was little more than a blip […]