The Brewers continued their season-long mastery of the Washington Nationals, this time using a couple of mid-late game home runs to establish an insurmountable deficit. According to the WTMJ broadcast, the Brewers won their season series against the Nationals for the first time since 2010. Top Play: Once again, the Brewers found themselves in the […]
Tag: Matt Garza
Game 70 Recap: Dodgers 2, Brewers 1
Best Play: Making his second start of the season for the Brewers, Matt Garza ran into some trouble right off the bat. Chase Utley led off the game with a single, then Kyle Seager clubbed a double to center field, giving the Dodgers runners two runners in scoring position with no one out. Garza managed to escape, […]
Will Matt Garza Pitch His Way Out?
Matt Garza pitched like a man on a mission Sunday against the Dodgers, his second time out since returning from the disabled list from the lat strain that sidelined him to open the season. Garza pounded the strike zone, induced eight ground ball outs and needed just 70 pitches to get through six shutout innings. […]
Game 65 Recap: Giants 3 Brewers 2
Tl;dr: The Brewers scored two off Madison Bumgarner, but some erratic relief work left them with a 3-2 loss. Top Play (WPA): Hernan Perez’s RBI single in the 6th inning tied the game at two (.174). Jonathan Villar scored on the play. Unfortunately, on this play the Brewers not only scored their last run of […]
The Call-Up: Matt Garza
Tonight, Brewers veteran righty Matt Garza makes his 2016 debut against the San Francisco Giants. Garza faces no small hurdle in Madison Bumgarner for the Giants, who enters the game with a 2.81 DRA in 86.0 innings. Yet, there is a sense that the start offers no pressure for Garza, who is replacing struggling righty […]
The Brewers and the Platoon Advantage
Baseball is almost back! With the 2016 regular season underway in just five days, the Brewers faithful can hardly wait. But we still have those 120 hours to kill, which means we (meaning I — unless the audience has as little of a social life as I do) will kill our time looking at leaderboards […]
Matt Garza and the Importance of Sequencing
Often times, when looking at a pitcher’s peripherals, we’ll focus on pitch outcomes. How often do they get swinging strikes, or looking strikes, or strikes overall? Metrics such as these will usually correlate with a pitcher’s strikeout and walk rates, which in turn will generally predict their production as a whole. In some cases, though, we need […]
Matt Garza Is The Weak Link In Brewers Rotation
One of the Brewers’ biggest weaknesses last season — perhaps the largest reason why they foundered to a 68-94 record, their worst since 2004 — was a hideous rotation. Milwaukee’s starters posted an ERA and DRA of 4.79, the third- and fifth-worst marks in baseball, respectively. Unsurprisingly, the team has imported a great amount of […]
Which Young Brewers Pitchers Will Make the Rotation?
Prior to the February trade that sent shortstop Jean Segura to Arizona, the Brewers’ rotation seemed basically set. Matt Garza, who is under contract for $12.5 million in both 2016 and 2017, seemed a lock simply because the Brewers were required to have him on the roster for the next two years. Giving up this early […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Chasing an Up-Hill Dream
It’s February, folks, which means that the last baseball-less month is in our wake. Pitchers and catchers report two weeks from today, which means we’re just 14 days away from new pictures of some of our favorite ballplayers working out in the Arizona sun. New general manager David Stearns continues to reshape the franchise, making […]