Disciples of Uecker

Wily Peralta made one of the best starts of the Brewers season Sunday against the Mets, firing eight shutout innings with just two hits and a walk allowed, striking out five. Peralta has always had some level of tout from the prospect evaluators, at least… [More]

Last week, I wrote a post suggesting that teams similar to the 2012 Brewers — strong other than their bullpens — are primed for future success. That future was supposed to refer to 2013, not right now. But here we are, the Brewers are 20-10… [More]

This is what the Brewers have been missing since roughly this time in 2008: Your browser does not support iframes.

At this point, anybody who follows the Brewers understands what the problem with this year’s club is. It’s the bullpen, stupid. There have been worse bullpens in history. There have even been worse bullpens this season, in terms of just allowing hits and runs. The… [More]

The only way Thursday’s loss to the Cubs could have been more crushing would be for the Brewers to actually be in contention — for those ready to believe in fairy tales, perhaps that belief was even beginning to manifest itself. A Brewers victory would… [More]

There are so many unfortunate things about a season like this 2012 Milwaukee Brewers campaign. Sometimes, teams are just bad. Sometimes, there are just a few bright spots, and it was always too much to expect the rest of the team to support them. But… [More]

Tuesday marks legendary Orioles manager Earl Weaver’s 82nd birthday. Weaver is something of a hero to sabermetricians; he was one of the first inside baseball men to openly eschew “small ball” tactics like the hit-and-run and the sacrifice bunt. He was famous for at least… [More]

Jean Segura attempted a suicide squeeze in Friday night’s game against the Astros, which fired up at least a segment of the Fire Ron Roenicke machine on Twitter. That said, let’s take a look at some data, shall we? Brewers attempted sacrifice bunts by non-pitchers… [More]

Consider, for a moment, the list of shortstops who will become free agents after the season: Jason Bartlett (33) – $5.5MM club option with a $1.5MM buyout; vests with 432 PAs in 2012 Yuniesky Betancourt (31) Geoff Blum (39) Ronny Cedeno (30) Stephen Drew (30)… [More]

The 2012 Milwaukee Brewers were never supposed to be a lock for a playoff spot, not in a post-Prince Fielder world. But this was supposed to be a contending team, built with a solid lineup, good starting pitching headlined by a true ace in Zack… [More]