I’m just grateful it seems inconceivable for Milwaukee to acquire a middle reliever at the deadline. I cannot imagine any more room for pitchers on the roster.
I agree that we do not need the Mark Canha or Carlos Santana level of bat rental.
Is our roster one Jose Ramirez away from seriously contending? Do we want aging corner infielders?
I weep for the Pirates if they are considering a trade of pre-arbitration, Paul Skenes. That seems like it would be trading away Ben Sheets after his dominant 2004 season. Sheets was all we had for pitching for quite awhile.
Mitch Keller’s third-inning strikeout of Masyn Winn was his 384th at PNC Park, moving past Paul Maholm (383) for the most in ballpark history.
Doesn’t that seem awfully low for a 24-year old ballpark?
https://www.mlb.com/news/mitch-keller-tosses-gem-in-pirates-third-straight-shutout-win
Looking around at the box scores from today’s games throughout the league, there are very few 3B playing today with a meaningfully higher OPS than Durbin’s .684.
Yelich played 1B in high school, I thought.
He also played 3B in high school…Whoah solvvd? 🙂
https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/westlake-village/westlake-warriors/athletes/christian-yelich/bio/?careerid=u46kclooujao8
I think the Brewers are very logical. Don’t pay aging veterans more money than they are worth. Very few players are better in their 30s than they were in their 20s.
Other than Jesse Winker, bringing in good people that make the clubhouse an enjoyable place to play.
What a neat article! It does make me wonder what data or algorithms do the Brewers use that other teams overlook?
Most surprising:
They are scoring an NL-leading 5.6 runs a game and 3.41 ERA. (Over past month)