With the trade deadline approaching, and one blockbuster already completed by the division rival Cubs, Brewers fans and analysts are vigorously debating prospective moves for the franchise. Milwaukee is in a great spot to make moves: the club sits atop the division with a 5.5 game lead, is in the midst of a ten game […]
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Brewers Baserunning and Sprint Speed
Last season, the Brewers led all of baseball in stolen bases by a considerable amount. They were not, however, a particularly good baserunning team, at least according to BP’s BRR statistic, which calculates overall value contributed by baserunning rather than just being limited to stolen base percentage. In 2016, according to BRR, the Brewers were […]
Naming Contending Brewers Stars
The Brewers have spent 36 days in first place this 2017 season, which is perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the MLB campaign. Even those analysts and fans that felt the rebuild and develop campaign was on the right track hardly thought the Brewers would be competitive in the vast majority of cases. Many […]
Keon Broxton: Exit Velocity King?
Last year, Keon Broxton’s average exit velocity was 91.7 mph, which was a top-20 mark in all of baseball. By this measure, he was comparable to such luminaries as Yoenis Cespedes, Jose Bautista, and Khris Davis, and his breakout potential was well-covered in certain corners of the online baseball community. The idea that he was […]
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 […]
Heavy Hitting Brewers
Can anything slow down the Brewers offense? Over the past couple of weeks, they’ve dealt with absences from the Eric Thames, Ryan Braun and Travis Shaw — the entire heart of the order — and yet they’ve continued to produce. Even with Sunday’s loss to the Cubs, the Brewers are 10-2 over the past 12 […]
An Ode to Chumps
In my household, a “chump” comes as highly regarded as any baseball player not named Jose Altuve, Khris Davis, Geoff Jenkins, or Scott Podsednik. I owe this concept to one of my closest friends and baseball watchers, when we cut our teeth with a wrecking crew tasked with watching the likes of Seth McClung, Craig […]
Examining Keon Broxton
Outside of Eric Thames, there may not have been a more interesting player coming into the 2017 campaign than Keon Broxton. Acquired by the Brewers in December 2015, Broxton broke onto the scene in 2016. He slashed .242/.354/.430 in 244 plate appearances, accumulating a 1.4 WARP. Drag that out over a full season and you […]
What (We Think) We Learned
Shortly after I saw it for the first time, I was convinced that Star Wars Episode I was my favorite movie. I was perhaps a bit too enthused at seeing baby Darth Vader, a young Obi-Wan, and hey, R2D2! I know him! So you don’t have to tell me about the danger of overreacting to […]
Broxton’s Plate Discipline
I think it’s fair to say that much like my diet, Keon Broxton’s second-act breakout depends a lot on plate discipline. Fair, if not particularly funny. His swing-and-miss has always been the concern with scouts. The Baseball Prospectus Annuals dating back to 2011 all reference the strikeouts in, uh, colorful ways. A sampling: 2011: “If […]