According to Cot’s Contracts, the Milwaukee Brewers currently have $40.5 million committed to their Major League roster, not including the three pending arbitration cases for Jean Segura, Wily Peralta, and Will Smith. Everyone else who dons a Brewers uniform in 2016, as of now, will make the league minimum. For perspective, the club’s Opening Day payroll […]
Tag: Rebuilding
Will Stearns Upgrade Center Field Next?
The Brewers entered the offseason with two gaping holes, in center field and at third base, and a couple of minor ones, notably first base and second base. Thus far this offseason, they have addressed three of those spots—first base, second base, and third base—although obviously to varying degrees. By bringing in Will Middlebrooks, Jonathan […]
The Brewers Should Take The Cubs’ Rebuilding Approach
By now, it has become pretty clear that the Brewers won’t vie for the NL Central pennant this upcoming season. Sure, they’ve imported a boatload of fascinating future talent — but in doing so, they’ve given up a tremendous amount of present talent. During the 2016 season, and perhaps in 2017, the Brewers will bring […]
Brewers Sign Chris Carter, Continue Upgrade In Key Area
David Stearns and the Milwaukee Brewers had been unnaturally vocal about their desire to sign a free-agent first baseman this winter. Media reports repeatedly connected Pedro Alvarez to the Brewers, to the point that it seemed inevitable. Of course, Alvarez made a lot of sense for the club, but Stearns changed speeds yet again this winter. […]
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Just Which Mat Latos Would We Be Signing, Anyway?
Just a month or two ago, the idea of the Milwaukee Brewers as legitimate free-agency buyers seemed outright ludicrous. The team’s eyes were set firmly toward the future, and the crop of players hitting the free agency market trended towards “older” and “really expensive.” As the rival Chicago Cubs put in their bid to buy the NL Central for […]
Top Brewers Storylines of 2015: Carlos Gomez GoGos to Houston
The most significant Brewers storyline that involved an actual transaction was the trade deadline blockbuster that sent center fielder Carlos Gomez and right-hander Mike Fiers to Houston. After the Brewers’ deal with the Mets fell apart, Milwaukee shook hands with Houston and received a package of players headlined by top-100 prospect Brett Phillips. As our own […]
Mr. Melvin Comes to Milwaukee: Previous 90 Loss Brewers Teams, Part IV
Welcome to the final installment of Lessons From Previous 90-Loss Brewer Teams. Thus far, I’ve spent the offseason looking at each instance of Milwaukee Brewers teams that lost at least 90 games, hoping to see whether there are any lessons from those past failures that could help inform the decision-making of the current staff. Part I covered the […]
Keep Calm And Carry On: Cliches & Patience For Brewers
If there’s one thing that makes me crazy, it’s the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ fad. It’s been waning in popularity for a while now, so I suppose that I should be finding new things to annoy me now. But so it goes. You can picture an old fellow in a rocking chair wearing a baseball […]
Hope Springs with the 2016 Sky Sox
In September 2014, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel used the following headline to announce that the Brewers had a new minor-league affiliate: “Brewers Settle for Colorado Springs as AAA Team’s Host.” PR departments might cringe at the headline writer’s verb choice, but there is no denying that the Milwaukee Brewers and Colorado Springs Sky Sox came together out […]
The Brewers & Successful First-Round Picks
On Tuesday of last week, while I was away from my computer, the Braves and Diamondbacks cobbled together one of the most lopsided trades in recent memory (which was well recapped by the BP team). The Braves sent Shelby Miller and lefty Gabe Speier to the Diamondbacks for outfielder Ender Inciarte, right-hander Aaron Blair, and […]