This offseason has been infamously slow, and the Brewers have made only minor adjustments to their big league roster thus far. A flurry of moves are undoubtedly still to come, as Yu Darvish, Jake Arrieta, and J.D. Martinez still remain unsigned. But with spring training about five weeks away, the chance that the Brewers have […]
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Roster Surplus and Depth Questions
The 2018 Milwaukee Brewers are in quite a strange position, representing the bundle of contradictions that defined their uncanny 2017 campaign. On the one hand, the organization dropped a “rebuilding” narrative in 2015, meaning that industry writers, analysts, and fans alike did not expect the club to compete, let alone contend, for several years; on […]
2018 Potential Free Agent Targets
The 2017 regular season has come-to-a-close. The Milwaukee Brewers fell just short of a playoff spot, finishing 86-76, one game behind the Colorado Rockies for the second wild-card spot. The Brewers vastly outperformed their pre-season expectations. They competed with the defending World Series Champion Chicago Cubs for the National League Central title through mid-to-late September. […]
Weekend Recap: Walker and Thames
The Brewers completed a successful “away” series this weekend against the Miami Marlins, winning two of three games held at Miller Park. The weekend was defined by the bats, as the team scored twenty four runs across the series, highlighted by two eight run innings. Overall, Milwaukee went 4-2 on the week, but lost ground […]
Considering the Keystone
Heading into the 2017 season, few Brewers fans were worried about second base. Jonathan Villar had spent the previous summer making good on his potential, authoring a 4.7 WARP season along the way. Scooter Gennett and Yadiel Rivera provided a decent insurance policy: one could be relied on for some decent at bats, while the […]
Walker Helps Slay Dragons
The Brewers season took an odd turn around the All-Star break. The big talk leading up to the trade deadline was all about adding a starter, or at least some bullpen help (which they did in Anthony Swarzak). But a funny thing happened as it so often does in baseball, and the offense that had […]
Weekend Recap: Walker, Nelson
Milwaukee righted what looked to be a lost week as they took two of three over the weekend against Cincinnati. The Reds were a sight for sore eyes again this season as the Brewers ran their record to 9-5 against the Cincinnati nine. The bats came alive with twenty three runs scored by Milwaukee over […]
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. […]