The first two months of the David Stearns Administration has been anything but stagnant. In just the past week, the club has traded Adam Lind for a trio of teenage pitchers, acquired former top-200 prospect Garin Cecchini for cash, and grabbed a pair of interesting prospects in the Rule 5 Draft. Stearns hasn’t made a […]
Tag: Rebuilding
A Misconception in Jonathan Lucroy’s Market And The Catcher Free Agent Class
Since the hot stove is officially sizzling with the Winter Meetings upon us, a heightened level of attention will be placed on the Brewers potential trade targets. It seems the Brewers have fully embraced their rebuilding project. Doug Melvin did much of the heavy lifting already, trading away Carlos Gomez, Mike Fiers, Gerardo Parra, Aramis Ramirez, […]
The Search for a New Core: Lessons from Previous 90-Loss Teams, Part III
We return for Part III of Lessons From Previous 90-Loss Brewer Teams. For a quick refresher, I am trying to use this portion of the offseason to look back at previous Milwaukee Brewers teams which lost at least 90 games, in order to see if there are any lessons from those past failures that can help […]
The Value of Jonathan Villar to a Rebuilding Team
On Thursday, the Brewers and Astros completed a relatively significant trade (in that it actually involved a Major League player) that sent shortstop Jonathan Villar from Houston to Milwaukee in exchange for minor-league right-hander Cy Sneed. This deal gives the Brewers extra middle-infield depth without sacrificing an impact prospect, which makes it a net positive […]
A Possible Brewers Free Agent Strategy
Like most rebuilding teams, the Brewers have to figure out how to invest in free agency heading into a season in which they are unlikely to compete for a playoff spot. There are two parts to this decision: They must first choose which (if any) positions to address this offseason, and they must then decide […]
Where Tanking Meets Messaging
I’m not sure exactly when the Philadelphia 76ers are supposed to start winning games. Saturday’s loss to the Spurs pushed the 76ers to 0-10 for the second straight season. Last year’s 76ers needed didn’t win until their 18th game en route to an 18-64 finish. It was the second year under Sam Hinkie and his […]
Pre-Contention Years: Lessons from Previous 90 Loss Brewer Teams Part II
Welcome to Part II of my review of previous 90+ loss Brewer season, in which I examine previous poor seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in order to see if I can find some lessons for the current management team. Part I covered the franchise’s first three years in Milwaukee after their move from Seattle. After […]
Finding Diamonds In The Rough
As the Brewers sit at home, watching the Royals jump and rejoice. They surely realize the tall task that befalls the organization in the upcoming months and years. Rebuilding is hard and, now that the season is over, all eyes will be trained on the Brewers front office in hawk-like fashion. Those eyes will be […]
Feeling vs Thinking: Remaining Invested In A Rebuild
My baseball fandom has never been about wins and losses. I remember living and dying with every pitch down the stretch in 2008 or during the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011; however, those are obviously isolated incidents. The Milwaukee Brewers have only made the postseason twice in 33 years. If I regularly […]