Disciples of Uecker

[Please don't forget to vote in the poll on the sidebar if you haven't yet!] Last offseason, the Milwaukee Brewers decided not to attempt to re-sign Mike Cameron, despite the fact that Cameron had indicated a willingness to sign a discounted contract in order to… [More]

In Chapter 7 of The Book, Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, and Andy Dolphin discuss starting pitchers. One section deals with the question of whether a pitcher should start or relieve. It stands to reason then that you put your better pitchers, on average, in the… [More]

In tonight’s broadcast, Brian Anderson said that “Corey Hart hits a home run every 12 at bats.” Similarly, in a previous broadcast, one of the members of the team called Randy Wolf a “.380 hitter.” To me, that statement implies that, in the future, Hart… [More]

Chris Capuano started the 2007 season 5-0 with a 2.31 ERA. The Brewers won all of his first seven starts. In 39 innings, Capuano struck out 31 and only walked 13 and only allowed two home runs. It was part of an excellent beginning to… [More]

The Brewers are off today. That is, the Brewers players are off today. Tonight, Doug Melvin and his front office company will attempt to infuse a struggling farm system with some much needed talent in tonight’s MLB First Year Player Draft. The relative success of… [More]

One of my favorite baseball sites out there is Hit Tracker Online. Over at Hit Tracker, they use crazy technology stuff to measure the distances of home runs. They also account for variables such as altitude and wind, and give us interesting information such as… [More]

Alternate Title: Post That Quickly Turns Into Rant About How Awesome George Kottaras Is Unfortunately, Gregg Zaun’s injury is going to be much worse than it initially appeared. Zaun suffered a torn labrum which could potentially end his season and his career. That means that… [More]

The Brewers bullpen has been incredibly disappointing this season by any measure. The biggest bright spot, both in terms of the present and the future, has definitely been John Axford. Axford has pitched in five games so far and six innings, allowing two runs and… [More]

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]