It’s no secret the Brewers need rotation help. 1-2 in the rotation is set with the likes of Junior Guerra and Zach Davies, but things get iffy following those two. Smart money is on Jimmy Nelson, Wily Peralta, and Matt Garza to fill out the bottom 60 percent of the rotation, unless the Brewers decide […]
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2017 Brewers Fantasy Preview
The Milwaukee Brewers are not the world’s most interesting team for fantasy baseball purposes. They have two good players and then a lot of interesting young ones, but not a ton in the middle. However, those young players are generally worth monitoring throughout the season, particularly if playing time develops in either the outfield or […]
Optimism Part One: Three Weird Tricks to Get to .500
It’d be a mistake to assume that win totals are linear for a rebuilding baseball club like the Brewers. Prospects fail more often than not, trade value and free agent spending splurges are part timing and part luck, and there’s very much an open question over when a team has actually “bottomed out.” All that […]
That Sinking Feeling
We’re here at last. Today, Milwaukee Brewers pitchers and catchers report to camp. Among the biggest roster battles set to unfold this spring is the skirmish for space in the starting rotation. Barring catastrophe, Zach Davies and Junior Guerra are our two locks. That leaves three spots open for Wily Peralta, Chase Anderson, Matt Garza, […]
Anthony Rizzo: Wily Peralta’s Arch-Nemesis
Wily Peralta’s career has been wrought with inconsistency. After an encouraging first two years in Milwaukee, the electric righty has descended into discussions regarding possible assignment to the bullpen. And, even with his bounce-back 2.92 ERA in the final two months of 2016, 2017 is going to be a make or break year for his […]
A Tight Rotation
Spring Training starts soon, which means a number of things to everyone. It’s a chance for young players to make an impression with the big club. It’s two months to prepare for the season for those assured of a roster spot. And, in quite a few cases, it’s a semi-open audition for the unfilled spots […]
Matt Garza’s Value
For an MLB player, value has two elements: Production: A player can be considered valuable based on how well they perform on the field. Alternately, as advanced statistics and analytical tools emerge, a player can be considered valuable based on their underlying elements — stuff, mechanics, plate approach, command, etc. Both of these metrics, traditional […]
Two Late-Season Brewers Trends to Watch
This weekend, the 2016 season comes to a close. For the Brewers, it’s been a fairly successful one: They’ve already won three more games in 2016 (71) than they did in 2015 (68). And September’s gone better than all the months that preceded it, as Milwaukee has gone 14-12 and outscored its opponents 118-96. A couple of players […]
Game 144: Reds 3 Brewers 0
Best Play (WPA): If you started watching this game anytime after the first inning, you missed all of the scoring. In fact, the bottom of the first was the only half inning that saw any scoring. Wily Peralta was pitching for the Brewers, and after striking out the leadoff hitter, he walked Eugenio Suarez. Joey […]
Game 138: Brewers 12 Cubs 5
Tl;dr: Milwaukee’s first seven batters of the game reached base en route to a five run first inning, and Wily Peralta stifled the Cubs in the Brewers 12-5 win. Top Play (WPA) What a night for Jonathan VIllar: He missed the cycle by a double, and was the catalyst for the Brewers huge first inning […]