We'd like to go to the Playoffs, that would be cool.
By Ryan Topp on March 22, 2013
Welcome to Rounding the Bases, a weekly column where writers Ryan Topp and Steve Garczynski participate in a discussion on one baseball topic. Over the past few weeks they have previewed the Brewers Infield and Outfield. This week, they discuss the rotation. Ryan Topp: Well,… [More]
By Ryan Topp on March 18, 2013
The Milwaukee Brewers are currently in a bit of an odd state as a franchise. They’re not obvious contenders for the 2013 postseason, though if a few things break right they could find themselves in the playoffs. They’re also most definitely not “rebuilding” in that… [More]
By Ryan Topp on March 13, 2013
Brewers’ General Manager Doug Melvin joined WSSP’s Tim Allen late last week to talk about the upcoming season and other things Brewers. I highly recommend listening to the interview which starts around the 35 minute mark of the link provided. It has more than a few… [More]
By Ryan Topp on March 8, 2013
Welcome to Circling the Bases, a weekly column where writers Ryan Topp and Steve Garczynski participate in a discussion on one baseball topic. This week, the two tackle the Brewers’ infield. Ryan Topp: Now that the World Baseball Classic has started despite my best efforts,… [More]
By Ryan Topp on February 28, 2013
As we saw in part one, there are some very real reasons to rethink the current standard starter/reliever model of pitcher deployment. Those reasons are somewhat true across the game as a whole, but also apply very specifically to quite a few pitchers the Brewers… [More]
By Ryan Topp on February 27, 2013
Yesterday, we looked at the current state of starting pitching and concluded that there just aren’t close to enough traditional starters to go around, and particularly that the Brewers currently lack starters who can thrive deep into games. If the Brewers are determined to go… [More]
By Ryan Topp on February 26, 2013
ves·tige: A bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate or imperfectly developed in comparison to one more fully developed in an earlier stage of the individual, in a past generation, or in closely related forms A good case can be made that the… [More]
By Ryan Topp on January 11, 2013
The ZiPS projections for the Milwaukee Brewers 2013 season came out today on Fangraphs. While a lot of focus has been on the pitchers, there is an interesting trend among the hitters as well. Here are the projected starters 2012 Average/On Base/Slugging lines along with… [More]
By Ryan Topp on January 11, 2013
There has been a lot written, here and elsewhere, about the Brewers’ apparent decision to use most of the limited resources available this off-season to beef up a bullpen that was a major cause for the unraveling of the 2012 season and elect to go… [More]
By Ryan Topp on August 29, 2012
The baseball world was pretty impressed with the return that the Milwaukee Brewers were able to get for starter Zack Greinke last month from the Angels, most notably 22 year-old shortstop Jean Segura. After playing only eight games for AA Huntsville after the trade, the… [More]
