Christian Yelich – Bat Flips and Nerds

Yelich: Brewer For Life

March 10, 2020 Matthew Robinson Baseball, Team Contributors

It was officially confirmed on Friday 6 March that Christian Yelich had signed a nine-year $215 million contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. Given that the deal contains no opt-outs and a full no-trade clause, it is more than likely that

Miami Marlins: Mr March – Can he do it in “The Show”?

March 5, 2020 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

Well, that is some introduction for a former first-round draft pick, drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2012 draft. His scouting report describes him with one word: exciting. Well, exciting or not his real name is Lewis Brinson, and

Milwaukee Brewers: Why It Is Fine To Be Thin On The Farm

March 1, 2020 Matthew Robinson Baseball, Opinion, Team Contributors

The Milwaukee Brewers are currently the only major league club without a representative in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects for 2020. They also have no prospects on Baseball America’s Top-100 prospect list or Baseball Prospectus’ equivalent list. One would imagine

My path to joining The Crew

February 16, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Guest writer

I have always been a football fanatic. My earliest memories involve watching men on the TV running around against a green backdrop. I played the game from a tender age, and I collected cards, completed sticker albums and acquired shirts

Milwaukee Brewers 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 12, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion, Previews

What happened in 2019? The whole of the state of Wisconsin (and several areas of the UK inhabited by Brewers fans) yelped with despair on 11 September, when superstar and reigning MVP Christian Yelich dragged a slider into his leg,

Who have been the second-half comeback kids?

September 18, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

After the dog days of the offseason, and then the seemingly never-ending schedule of meaningless Spring Training games, the regular season arrived and demanded the complete attention of the baseball world. By the end of April, the following was true…

An Analytic Glance at the first “Half”

July 14, 2019 Russell Eassom Baseball

We have just started the second “half” of the MLB season. The reason for the air quotes is that the definition of half a season in MLB is determined by if a game was played before or after the All-Star

Early season stat leaders

May 12, 2019 Gavin MLB UK, Opinion

You know that Christian Yelich and Cody Bellinger lead MLB with 16 and 14 home runs respectively. Without doubt, it is an incredible tally this early in the season, but you might not realise that Twins’ outfielder Eddie Rosario or

Can We Play You Every Week

April 21, 2019 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

“Can we play you, can we play you, can we play you every week. Can we play you every week.” Those of you more familiar with British football will recognise this chant. It is one that the fans will sing

Hot takes and overreactions

April 3, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening