Brock Beauchamp

This got me thinking so I looked it up. The 82 Brewers had a 121 OPS+. That's ridiculous. To compare to the modern day, the 2022 Yankees - the best in baseball - have a 117 OPS+ playing half their games in that shoebox of a stadium.

This got me thinking so I looked it up. The 82 Brewers had a 121 OPS+. That's ridiculous. To compare to the modern day, the 2022 Yankees - the best in baseball - have a 117 OPS+ playing half their games in that shoebox of a stadium.

We have weekly draft updates, you can find them here: https://brewerfanatic.com/search/?&type=cms_records1&tags=mlb draft 2022&search_and_or=or On draft day itself, we'll be launching an entirely new section of the site that will be updated in real-time with Brewers picks.

Not much. He's well below where a super-utility like Marwin Gonzalez sat when he entered FA and he only received something like 3/$24m. I suspect Peterson would accept a one-year deal but do not see anyone offering him more than two years, at maybe $4-5m per year.

Not much. He's well below where a super-utility like Marwin Gonzalez sat when he entered FA and he only received something like 3/$24m. I suspect Peterson would accept a one-year deal but do not see anyone offering him more than two years, at maybe $4-5m per year.

It has been a little over three months since we flipped the switch on the new site and exactly three months since the front page news portion of the site was added. We thank all of you for working with us as we kinda find our way through merging an existing community into our site model. There were some bumps and bruises along the way but the community as a whole has been exceptionally welcoming to all of us as we work through issues. First off, the past 30 days have been incredible for us, despite the Brewers scuffling for a significant portion of that time. I'm sure many of you shared my personal experience of grimacing through many of these early June games and Brewers baseball wasn't a lot of fun for a couple of weeks. But you stuck with us and we appreciate that; now let's watch the Brewers sail to another postseason berth (hopefully). Behind the scenes, we've been doing a ton of work to bring in new users. As I mentioned many times early in this process, most forum-only sites are in decline under the assault of Facebook groups, Reddit, and social media in general. I'm happy to say we've reversed that trend on Brewer Fanatic but there's still a thousand miles of headroom left to grow this community, as we're still drawing only about 12% of the users we saw on Twins Daily over the same period. But that's a big step up from the 7-8% we were at three months ago! In the past 30 days, Brewer Fanatic has drawn in 22,000 users with over 20,000 new users. During the same period in 2021 (May 29th - June 27th), BrewerFan.net drew in just under 11,000 users with just under 9,000 new users. That's over 100% gain! We're seeing similar results with user registrations, the second step in building a robust community. If a user doesn't register, they can't comment. In the past 30 days, Brewer Fanatic had 31 new user registrations on the site. During the same period in 2021, BrewerFan.net had six new user registrations on the site. The final step in building the community is getting those users to comment. We've also seen an uptick in those numbers but this is where we have the most work to do: the final conversion step. In the past 30 days, Brewer Fanatic had 8,461 new posts. During that same period in 2021, BrewerFan.net had 7,371 new posts. Once again, thank all of you for being a part of this community and helping us grow. But again, we're only getting started. We've seen all these gains and we have yet to approach two of our top 3-4 biggest points in the baseball cycle: the MLB Draft (just wait until you see what we have in store for that) and the MLB trade deadline. At Twins Daily, we focus an enormous amount of energy on those two periods of time and expect that same kind of coverage here at Brewer Fanatic. I can't wait to see what comes next and I hope you're all there to see it with us!

I generally sum it up this way: 1970s and 80s baseball was strategically dumb but it was a hell of a lot more fun to watch. And given how spectator revenue literally funds the sport, uh... that's kinda really important.

I generally sum it up this way: 1970s and 80s baseball was strategically dumb but it was a hell of a lot more fun to watch. And given how spectator revenue literally funds the sport, uh... that's kinda really important.

His is perhaps the weirdest I ever saw, like he was attempting to get hit by lightning every time he stepped to the plate.

His is perhaps the weirdest I ever saw, like he was attempting to get hit by lightning every time he stepped to the plate.

I mean, you're not wrong but analytics determined that hitting the ball less often but harder results in more runs scored. It's a feature, not a bug. If a player routinely hits a ball at 104mph, they're going to take more bases over a season than a person who makes a ton of 90mph contact. But I think most of us can agree that as spectators, watching more contact is more fun. The toothpaste will never go back into the tube regarding analytics but the real problem over the past half-decade is MLB's refusal to address the least spectator-friendly aspects of the analytics game and suppress them in favor of fan enjoyment of the product.

I mean, you're not wrong but analytics determined that hitting the ball less often but harder results in more runs scored. It's a feature, not a bug. If a player routinely hits a ball at 104mph, they're going to take more bases over a season than a person who makes a ton of 90mph contact. But I think most of us can agree that as spectators, watching more contact is more fun. The toothpaste will never go back into the tube regarding analytics but the real problem over the past half-decade is MLB's refusal to address the least spectator-friendly aspects of the analytics game and suppress them in favor of fan enjoyment of the product.

One thing I miss about old baseball is the wide variety of batting stances. From Julio Franco to Rod Carew to Kevin Youkilis, older generations had so many recognizable stances. I understand why that has changed - we simply know a lot more about the most effective way to hit a baseball hard now - but it takes a little bit of the charm out of the game.

One thing I miss about old baseball is the wide variety of batting stances. From Julio Franco to Rod Carew to Kevin Youkilis, older generations had so many recognizable stances. I understand why that has changed - we simply know a lot more about the most effective way to hit a baseball hard now - but it takes a little bit of the charm out of the game.

Ah, I see Woodruff is already slated to start tomorrow. Good good.

Ah, I see Woodruff is already slated to start tomorrow. Good good.

It's good to see Brosseau back but frankly, I'm more interested in seeing starters return, as I'm quite over the Chi-Chi Gonzalez era of Brewers baseball, no insult intended to Chi-Chi. I'm sure he's a perfectly nice fellow.

It's good to see Brosseau back but frankly, I'm more interested in seeing starters return, as I'm quite over the Chi-Chi Gonzalez era of Brewers baseball, no insult intended to Chi-Chi. I'm sure he's a perfectly nice fellow.

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Good lord, I've never seen that much bright red on a Baseball Savant page before. That's insane.

Good lord, I've never seen that much bright red on a Baseball Savant page before. That's insane.

Good divisional breakdown. Maybe it’s just my imagination but fewer front office types seem to be as scared to swap in-division as older FO generations were.