Tl;dr: The Brewers won 3-2 as Ryan Braun’s home run and Chris Carter’s double plated two runs in the sixth inning, and Zack Davies pitched effectively enough through 5.2 innings. Top Play: Ryan Braun’s solo home run to lead off the sixth inning, and put the Brewers in the lead 2-1, was the top play of the game (.182). […]
Tag: Orlando Arcia
Scooter Gennett: Starting 2B
When covering a player’s potential role, it is tempting to see some type of “determinism,” or inevitability, about that role. If a player has some tools and traits that are likely to play into a part time or bench role, it may be difficult for fans and analysts to see that player in any other […]
Jonathan Villar and Orlando Arcia Delay the Rebuild
There is no questioning the fact that the Brewers’ plan is for Orlando Arcia to be the shortstop of the future. However, when exactly “the future” will begin is a bit of a question mark at this point, as we are not yet at the Super Two deadline and Jonathan Villar has been playing very […]
When You’re Young, You Just Run
There are two kinds of unwritten rules in baseball. There are the ones that folks like Brian McCann and Tony LaRussa protect and/or make up at will, like the maximum amount of time one is allowed to take while rounding the bases following a home run or what actions constitute the necessity to throw a […]
Prospect Improvements
The Milwaukee Brewers aren’t fooling anyone in 2016 – they’re admittedly in the early stages of a rebuilding process. It shows in the young club on the field, one that is off to a 4-5 start and that has been outscored by a total of 22 runs (28 to 50) in the season’s early going. […]
2016 and the Brewers Middle Infield
Opening Day was a delight for the Brewers’ young middle infield. Scooter Gennett has had a rough few years, but he was the Opening Day second baseman and remains just 25 years old. Jonathan Villar is 24 and already in his third organization. But on the first day of the season, both players hit home […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Pain and Sadness in Milwaukee
Panic and heartache has settled over the Brewers fan base, spreading and expanding among the crowd like the smoke from a fissure in the earth from which the demons of the abyss are sure to shortly emerge. After a blistering 4-0 start in the Cactus League that ignited the hopes of a suffering people, Milwaukee has […]
The Brewers and the Year of the Prospect
Prospects mess with our emotions. They make us smile, they make us cheer, they make us angry, and they often make us question our sanity. But, in many ways, that’s what makes them so much fun. It’s these emotions and the boundless hope prospects bring that engage us in such a visceral emotional attachment. At […]
Top Brewers Storylines of 2015: Resurrection of the Farm System
On Monday, my colleague Jack Moore covered the departure of Doug Melvin, one of the bigger developments to emerge from this year. While Melvin certainly had his strengths as General Manager, his failures ultimately outweighed his successes — and chief among the former was, as Moore cited, Melvin’s utter inability to construct a respectable minor […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Every Day is a Day Closer to April
Here are some facts: (1) Former Brewers manager Ned Yost once plugged in Laynce Nix — who carried a 69 OPS+ at the time and was making his season debut in August — into the three-hole for Milwaukee in the middle of a pennant race because he was either unaware that batting order is not […]