Milwaukee Brewers – 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

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,

NL Wild Card game preview

October 1, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Opinion

The Cardinals emphatic victory over arch-rivals Chicago Cubs on Sunday night, clinched the NL Central division title to set up a five-game NLDS against the Atlanta Braves, starting on Thursday 3 October. The result means the win-or-go-home NL Wild Card

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

JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM

February 10, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Baseball Prospectus has just released their PECOTA projections for 2019, and you know what? They hate your team. The funny thing is, PECOTA is not opinion, yet MLB players, managers and fans take it personally. An acronym for Player Empirical

What does each MLB club want in their Christmas stocking? Part Two

December 13, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Welcome to part two of our guide to gifts for each MLB club. If you missed part one, be sure to check it out and if you caught it, welcome to the rest… Milwaukee Brewers The Brewers won a division

What your team really needs this off-season. An alternative look. (MIL – WAS)

December 2, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Previously we looked at all the teams from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Miami Marlins. Today, we’re continuing the alternative look from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Washington Nationals. MILWAUKEE BREWERS The Brewers have a famous English river mashing home

The 2019 World Series Winner Prediction Survey (Part 1)

November 30, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball

On the 30th October of this year, I asked you all to make your way too early predictions for the 2019 World Series. There were a few reasons for this: I wanted to see if people could be realistic about