Series Preview: Brewers (1-5) at Cubs (2-4) 60 Comments
The Cubs open their first homestand against a team that is in even worse shape than they are. The Brewers are already missing first basemen Corey Hart and Mat Gamel due to injuries ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (18-36) at Milwaukee General Hospital (24-30) 96 Comments
I don't have much time today, so this will be a short preview. The Brewers are in bad shape, with several players (Chris Narveson, Mat Gamel, Marco Estrada, Alex Gonzalez, various ...
Series Preview – Chicago Cubs (13-18) vs Milwaukee Brewers (13-18) 57 Comments
I liked the Brewers chances of winning the NL Central this year, even without Fielder, given the loss of Pujols and Carpenters injuries and my general distrust of the Reds pitching ...
Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (1-2) at Chicago Cubs (1-2) 57 Comments
The Brewers dropped their opening series to the Cardinals, losing to Jaime Garcia and Lance Lynn in three relatively high-scoring games. The Cubs, meanwhile, did their best to try ...
Daily Facepalm 2.24.2012 41 Comments
Not to Fifty!
Ryan Braun won't have to suffer the loss of 50 games from his life after winning his appeal and seeing his suspension overturned by an arbitor. This sucks for the ...
Daily Facepalm – 2.17.12 33 Comments
This week in Best Shape of His Life
Geovany Soto dropped 25 pounds this offseason. If you recall, he also lost a lot of weight before his breakout 07/08 seasons. If you combine this ...
Can the Oliver projected standings be right? 146 Comments
At the bottom of The Hardball Time’s Oliver forecasts page they have the 2012 projected standings. They were updated yesterday, but I know this was done before the Brewers signed ...
Series Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks (94-68) vs Milwaukee Brewers (96-66) 30 Comments
Milwaukee is already up 1-0 in this series but these things take too damn long for me to write to have this up before that happened (laughing). It’s hard to believe that there ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (42-60) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-49) 131 Comments
Team Matchups
NL ranks in parens
Cubs
Brewers
wOBA
.316 (7th)
.322 (6th)
UBR
-11.6 (16th)
-3.6 (13th)
UZR
-17.7 (13th)
4.7 (5th)
SP FIP
4.07 (10th)
3.71 (7th)
RP FIP
4.05 ...
Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (38-28) at Iowa Cubs of Chicago (25-39) 262 Comments
I blinked, and suddenly the Brewers are on top of the NL Central. They’ve won eight of their last ten games and should win a few more in this series.
Team Overviews
As always, ...
Evaluating the Braun Deal (UPDATED) 69 Comments
Today, Ryan Braun signed a 5 year extension to his current deal with the Brewers, which already ran to 2015. It covers the 2016-2020 seasons and there is a mutual option that could ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (3-3) at Milwaukee Brewers (3-4) 85 Comments
The Cubs won the Arizona series but came away less two members of the rotation. They head to Milwaukee, who are coming off three straight wins against the Atlanta Braves. Ryan Braun ...
NL Central Questions & Answers: Milwaukee Brewers 62 Comments
Throughout the week we’re going to be posting some Q&A’s with other NL Central bloggers about the upcoming season. Berselius has written some nice previews for ...
NL Central Preview: Milwaukee Brewers 13 Comments
Last Year:
The Brewers finished in third place in the NL Central with a 77-85 record. They had the second-best offense in the NL with a team .334 wOBA, trailing only the surprising ...
Alfonso Soriano, Gold Glover? 122 Comments