The Brewers recently completed two of the biggest moves of the offseason by trading for left fielder Christian Yelich and signing free agent center fielder Lorenzo Cain. These moves are “big” not simply because of the glacial pace of the new MLB collusion, but by virtue of their structure and Milwaukee’s position in the league. […]
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Pricing Neil Walker’s PTBNL
Sunday’s game featured an old face in a new uniform at Miller Park, as previous Pittsburgh Pirates nemesis and New York Mets second baseman Neil Walker came to Milwaukee via trade. Of course, Walker immediately made his presence felt, showing positional flexibility with a start at third base and going 2-for-4 with a run scored. […]
Update: Cashing Out OFP 2
Earlier this week, I examined the surplus added by Brewers GM David Stearns, which is undoubtedly one of the reasons the club is performing quite well. Stearns, in stark contrast to recently famous rebuilds in Chicago and his previous front office (Houston), is building competitive clubs at the MLB level by cashing in on short-term […]
Brewers Fans Show Their Appreciation Again
The Brewers lost to the Reds on Sunday, but the result of the game between these two cellar-dwelling squads was secondary, as it is with so many September baseball games. No, Sunday’s game was notable because of the assumption around Brewers nation that Ryan Braun may have played his last home contest in a Milwaukee […]
PTBNL Ryan Cordell
On August 1st, the Milwaukee Brewers sent catcher Jonathan Lucroy and reliever Jeremy Jeffress to the Texas Rangers in exchange for prospects Lewis Brinson, Luis Ortiz, and a player to be named later. The two clubs negotiated almost right down to the 3 pm CST deadline and agreed to announce the PTBNL after the completion […]
Reports: Trade Deadline Returns
The Brewers may not have been quite as active as some had expected prior to Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline, but Slingin’ David Stearns still managed to move arguably the club’s three most valuable assets. Left-handed reliever Will Smith was sent to the Giants for Catcher Andrew Susac and RHP Phil Bickford, while franchise catcher Jonathan […]
The Problem with Valuing Relievers Via Trade
The trade deadline has come and gone and now a number of teams set their eyes on the postseason. But, the 2016 trade deadline, like so many others, left a mark. The 2016 deadline made us think and re-evaluate some of our conceived notions. One of them is how we value relievers. This isn’t a […]
Lucroy Takes Control of His Future
Saturday night, everybody thought Jonathan Lucroy was on his way to Cleveland, dealt in exchange for four exciting young prospects. But come Sunday morning, Lucroy had exercised the no-trade clause in his contract, putting an end to a move to the first place Cleveland squad despite his repeated desires to play for a championship contender. […]
How Lucroy’s Defensive Decline Affects His Value
When Jonathan Lucroy was at his best, his value was a combination of his bat and glove. From his first partial season in 2010 through his incredible 8 WARP season of 2014, his FRAA was 153.8, or an average of over 30 per season. These numbers helped buoy his value even when his bat lagged […]
Meeting the Deadline
If Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports is to be believed, the Brewers could be the biggest sellers of the 2016 Trade Deadline. Teams are already beating a path to One Brewers’ Way, as Rosenthal reported earlier this month, and the list of players who could possibly find their way out of Milwaukee is long and […]