To Brewers fans’ disappointment, the oft-controversial and seemingly replacement-level veteran right-handed starting pitcher Matt Garza will likely open the 2017 season in the Milwaukee Brewers starting rotation at the expense of sexier, younger options in Josh Hader, Jorge Lopez, and Brandon Woodruff. The idea isn’t that Garza is likely to be a big piece on […]
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The Value of the Brewers’ Long-Term Flexibility
As we all know at this point, the Brewers are rebuilding. Generally, that means the interesting moves are happening in the minor leagues and on the fringes, as the club looks to develop its top minor leaguers and find bargains off the scrap heap. So it is with good reason that the rebuild (and much […]
Game 151 Recap: Pirates 6 Brewers 3
Tl;dr: Pittsburgh jumped on Matt Garza for five runs and their bullpen shut down the Brewers in a 6-3 victory. Top Play (WPA): Matt Garza ran into trouble immediately. He allowed the first three Pirates batters to reach base. Adam Frazier led off with a single, Josh Bell walked, and Andrew McCutchen hit a double […]
Game 145: Reds 6 Brewers 4
Tl;dr: Sloppy defensive play in the bottom of the third inning led to four unearned runs which Milwaukee could not overcome as the Reds beat the Brewers 6-4. Top Play (WPA): Adam Duvall’s two run double with the bases loaded in the third inning put the Reds ahead 4-2 (.167). Garza actually did a good job pitching […]
Good for 80 Games
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 […]
Matt Garza Has Started Getting Grounders
The continued presence of Matt Garza in the Brewers rotation seems to defy explanation. The club needs to pay him this year and next, but they have no playing-time obligation. He clearly has no trade value at this point — his ERA and DRA sit at 5.03 and 5.36, respectively — so why continue to start him when […]
Analyzing Garza’s Future with the Brewers
When Matt Garza signed with the Brewers before the 2014 season, the Brewers had to have been hoping that he would be a veteran anchor for a young and developing group of starting pitchers. Both Wily Peralta and Jimmy Nelson were already in the rotation, and Taylor Jungmann would join them the next year. In […]
Game 98 Recap: Brewers 9 Diamondbacks 4
Tl;dr: The Brewers blew open a tight game with a five run eighth inning to beat the Diamondbacks 9-4. Top Play (WPA): In the top of the seventh inning, Paul Goldschmidt hit a RBI single which tied the game at 4 and also advanced Jean Segura to second base (.181). The play itself was fluky. […]
Game 93 Recap: Pirates 5 Brewers 3
Move along, nothing to see here! The Brewers were staked to an early deficit by struggling veteran Matt Garza, but the battling bats made the game rather interesting in the late innings. WHOOPSIES!: The biggest play of the game came within the first four batters of the game, as the resurgent Matthew Joyce smacked a […]
Game 84 Recap: Nationals 7 Brewers 4
Feels like we’ve been here before, doesn’t it folks? For the second time in a few weeks, the Brewers dropped the third game after taking the first two of the series against the first place Nationals, falling to Washington 7-4 affair on Wednesday afternoon in our nation’s capital. You already know the basics, so let’s […]