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 […]
Tag: Wei-Chung Wang
Pitching Week: Brewers Minor Leaguers
We have been celebrating “Pitching Week” all week long at Baseball Prospectus, including the introduction of a couple new statistics, Called Strike Probability (CSProb) and Called Strikes Above Average (CSAA), to quantify control and command. Earlier this week for Brew Crew Ball, I took a look at how the current big league pitchers in Milwaukee […]
Rule 5 Brewers
The most exciting time of the offseason – Major League Baseball’s annual Winter Meetings – will take place next week just outside of the nation’s capitol in National Harbor, Maryland. Amidst all the trade rumors and free agent signings, one of the notable events that happens every year at the Winter Meetings is the Rule 5 […]
Midseason Prospects #2: 3 Up 3 Down
While Brewers fans chew on the midseason BaseballProspectus Top 50, BPMilwaukee will continue to augment that list with looks at “up” and “down” prospects in the system. Yesterday’s feature included some of the prospects with highest regard in the system, so today’s feature turns to depth. One cannot overlook the system depth, even if one […]
Developing Wei-Chung Wang
Wei-Chung Wang isn’t a prospect in the typical sense – he’s already accrued a year of major league service time after the Milwaukee Brewers chose him in the 2013 Rule 5 Draft. At this point, however, he’s probably more well-remembered by the casual fan for his contributions on the dance floor than his contributions on the […]
Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, September 8
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (62-81), 23.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New Orleans 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 RHP Hiram Burgos: (L, 3-4) 6.0 IP, 4 […]
Brewers Farm Update: Monday, July 6
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (32-49), 20.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 2 Nashville 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 x 2 5 0 RHP Drew Gagnon: 6.0 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, […]