The Brewers got their first win of the season on Wednesday, a 4-3 win over the Giants. Top Play: This was an interesting game by WPA, as the Brewers pulled out the victory despite the Giants having the top play and the Brewers having the bottom one. With the Brewers leading 3-2 heading into the […]
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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 […]
The Unlikeliest Homers in Brewers History
If there’s one thing I love, it’s baseball history, particularly obscure and esoteric history. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s hyperbole (I’ll resist the urge to make a tired, self-referential “I hate hyperbole so much that…” joke here). And yesterday, as the Brewers kicked off the 2016 season with an uninspiring 12-3 loss to […]
Game 1 Recap: Giants 12 Brewers 3
Baseball is back! TOP PLAY (WPA): After Carlos Torres opted out of his minor-league deal with the Braves, the Brewers signed him to a big league deal. That decision proved costly, at least in the home opener. After the Brewers got off to an early lead, the Giants came back and took a 5-3 lead […]
Speculating About The Lead-Off Position
In recent years, the Brewers have been famous for their exquisitely-calligraphied lineup cards, courtesy of Jerry Narron. In 2015, the most frequently-seen names at the top of it were Jean Segura and Carlos Gomez—neither of whom are still with the team. Gerardo Parra led off the fourth-most often, and he is also no longer with […]
Scooter Gennett and The Wackiest Play In Baseball
Around this point of the offseason, despite the constant trades (and possibilities thereof), I often find myself growing bored. Yearning for the return of this beautiful game, I’ll peruse various leaderboards to learn more about an interesting metric or to discover some bizarre occurrence. This process brought me to one of the stranger elements of recent Brewers squads […]
Evaluating Scooter Gennett’s Defense, Past and Future
In the 2014 offseason, the Brewers let longtime second baseman Rickie Weeks walk in free agency. Not only had he generally failed to live up to lofty expectations, the club had an enticing replacement in Scooter Gennett, who had held his own in partial time. Gennett didn’t impress offensively this year, his TAv falling to […]
Scooter Gennett’s Uncertain Future
Scooter Gennett has been overshadowed in recent weeks, with the emergence of Orlando Arcia and the Gomez/Parra trades infusing additional exciting, young talent into the farm system. Indeed, as the 25-year-old second baseman has struggled, he and shortstop Jean Segura have lost much of their luster as the team’s key building blocks. Guys like Arcia, Brett Phillips, Domingo […]
Days of Future Present
The Brewers’ July trade of Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers signaled a clear indication that the organization knew it needed to retool. They shipped out an excellent player on a reasonable contract who will be a free agent after next season, and they also got rid of a cost-controlled pitcher who is already 30. Neither […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Quests and Origin Stories
Welcome back to Rolling Out the Barrel, Brewers fans, and a happy Labor Day weekend to you all. I sincerely hope that each of you gets to experience a little bit of great baseball over the weekend, and I’d really appreciate it if a couple of you would take in a couple of extra innings […]