Disciples of Uecker

Somehow, some systems see the Brewers as having as high as a 5% chance of rising from the dead and grabbing a playoff berth. I wrote last night that it would take a minor miracle to get this team into the playoffs. Step one on… [More]

The Brewers are 15-25. Even the most optimistic scenario for the Brewers would be one in which 86 wins takes the wild card – extremely unlikely, but possible. In order to get to 86 wins in the last 122 games, the Brewers would have to… [More]

The Brewers are 15-24. The Brewers are 8 games behind the Cincinnati Reds and 7.5 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals and 7 games behind the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Brewers have the second worst record in the National League. The… [More]

Alternate Title: Not So Great American Ballpark After today’s heartbreaking 5-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds pushed the Brewers back to 15-24, the last thing anybody here needs to read is another recap of how bad Trevor Hoffman is or how disappointing it is that… [More]

Pushing this back to the top, given today’s events. Trevor Hoffman had a fantastic year in 2009. He managed to maneuver his 85 MPH fastball and legendary changeup into a 37 save season with a tremendous 1.83 ERA and 2.63 FIP. In 2010, we’ve seen… [More]

During the winter of 2009, Pat Burrell was let go by the Philadelphia Phillies without an arbitration offer. Burrell was a type A free agent, meaning that another team signing Burrell would result in the Phillies forfeiting their first round draft pick to that team…. [More]

In anticipation of this weekend’s series against the Philadelphia Phillies, Bill Baer of the Philadelphia Phillies SweetSpot Blog Crashburn Alley and I exchanged some questions in order to help ourselves and our readers become familiar with the teams. I asked Bill seven questions about his… [More]

Unfortunately, it’s finals week for me and my last final is at 7:45 AM on Thursday morning, so I don’t have time for too deep of an analysis. The clear turning point of this game was when a ground ball from Jason Heyward got under… [More]

The Brewers will be without Ryan Braun tonight against the Braves. That’s a pretty big blow, as Braun is quite clearly the best hitter on the Brewers so far this year, with a wOBA of .463 and a staggering 16.4 runs above average in only… [More]

Tommy Hanson spun an eight inning gem against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night, striking out eight and only walking one batter. Hanson managed to keep a staggering 13 fly balls inside the park, including at least one close call from Jim Edmonds in what… [More]