When Wily Peralta was sent to the minor leagues in the middle of June, he was struggling tremendously. He had put up a 6.68 ERA in in 66 innings and struck out 42 batters and walked 27. These numbers were absolutely horrible, and—as I wrote at the beginning of the season—Peralta’s underlying performance was trending […]
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Game 116 Recap: Brewers 7, Reds 3
Ryan Braun put the Brewers offense on his back, and Wily Peralta — yes, that Wily Peralta — had another solid start. Top Play: The Reds have one of the worst rotations in baseball, and in Game 3 of the series the Brewers finally took advantage of that. Keon Broxton and Jonathan Villar took walks off […]
Game 111 Recap: Braves 2 Brewers 1
Tl;dr: Wily Peralta pitched six shutout innings before faltering in the seventh, and the Brewers bats could only muster a Ryan Braun home run, as Milwaukee lost to Atlanta 2-1. Top Play (WPA): The top play of the game was Nick Markakis’s single in the seventh inning, which scored Freddie Freeman and tied the game at […]
Freeing Wily
Approximately three months into the season it’s become quite clear: the 2016 Brewers are a different animal than last year’s team. For one thing, the second Wild Card spot is a distant–but not unrealistic–dream. The farm system, which lay barren for years, is flourishing with young impact talent. But perhaps the most notable change in […]
Game 57 Recap: Phillies 8, Brewers 1
Best Play: Aaron Nola didn’t give the Brewers many chances to score on Sunday. The best chances came in the first inning, when a double steal put runners on second and third with two outs, and in the second inning. After a leadoff strikeout from Kirk Nieuwenhuis — the fourth of 13 for the Brew Crew […]
Game 52 Recap: Cardinals 10 Brewers 3
Tl;dr: The Brewers kept the game close through 6 innings and Wily Peralta had a non-disaster start, but the Cardinals destroyed Milwaukee’s bullpen and pulled away for a 10-3 win. Top Play (WPA): Matt Carpenter’s first triple of the game scored Greg Garcia from 1st base and gave the Cardinals a 4-2 lead (.154). They […]
Game 47 Recap: Brewers 6 Braves 2
The Braves are the worst team in the National League. The way you become the worst at something, of course, is by being bad at a number of things, and the Braves are bad at a number of things. But, what they are worst at, what emphatically defines this team’s utter unwatchability, is their offense. […]
Pitching Staff and the Rebuild
It’s no secret that the Brewers’ pitching staff has struggled tremendously this year: they rank last in baseball in DRA, are the only group to have posted negative WARP, and are leading only Cincinnati in FIP. And unfortunately for the Brewers, many of the culprits are young pitchers who the club was hoping to be […]
Game 32 Recap: Marlins 4 Brewers 1
TOP PLAY? WEIRDEST PLAY (WPA): On April 15th, I saw one of the weirdest plays in baseball. The Brewers were facing the Cardinals and Wily Peralta just gave a two-run home run to Randal Grichuk. Grichuk, however, passed Moss on the base paths who was tagging at first base. The problem was that neither the […]
Game 24 Recap: Brewers 14 Marlins 5
Best Play: The Brewers laid it on the Marlins in this game, and the floodgates opened in the third inning against Tom Koehler. Leading 2-1, Jonathan Villar reached on an infield hit, then stole second. Ryan Braun brought him around with a single to right, increasing the score to 3-1 for Chris Carter. After working the count […]