We here at FanSided are doing our Collaborative Post on what teams should do as the trade deadline approaches. Here is a sneak preview, of what the Brewers focus should be going forward. Readers of this blog probably won’t find RtB’s proposed answer to be all that stunning.
As the trade deadline approaches, I think it’s pretty clear that the Brew Crew just doesn’t have the pitching — starting or in relief — to be any kind of a real threat to make the postseason. So its obvious they should be trying to sell for the future.
While there are any number [...]

Seeing as the Brewers are on a bit of a hot stretch, having won six of their past seven, featuring a sweep over the rival Twins even, it seemed a good time to bring up this question. FanGraphs has started a running series about buying vs. selling at the trade deadline, and a few days ago had this post surrounding the Milwaukee Brewers options/.
Now, I think the post has plenty of strong points, and brings up the most interesting question surrounding the team, long-term: What to do with Fielder.
First off, let me say that Prince Fielder is one of the [...]

So who is the Brewers MVP and best rep for an All-Star nod to this point? That was teh question posed to me by Fandsided’s blog Call to the Pen.
Here is Call to the Pen’s most excellent review of each team’s All-Star.
It’s been a rough season for the Brewers, and its equally difficult to try and single out any players as “All-Stars” on a team that has been massively disappointing. But two players stand out from the on-set as deserving participants of the Mid-Summer Classic: Corey Hart and Ryan Braun.
Let’s take a closer look to see who [...]

As predicted, the Brewers were able to “steal” one of the three games in St. Louis, though not particularly impressively. It was exciting stuff, to be sure, as two games went into extra innings, and Adam Wainwright’s game 1 performance was undeniably impressive, even in this new age of bi-weekly perfect games.
And exciting as they were, the series left a bit to be desired as the Brewers really had a good chance to win, particularly following Jim Edmonds’ lead-off double in the 11th inning. However, botched plays all around ensued and no run was scored until the Cardinals sealed it [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, the Brewers have not played very well as of late. In fact, it would be fair to say that they have been pathetic. After a stretch of winning five of six last week, they’ve gone on to drop four of their past five.
So playing the Central Division co-leaders and perennial NL pennant threat St. Louis on the road, in a park that is as unfriendly to the Brewers’ current style of play (all offense, no pitching) as almost any in the majors… It’s hard to be excited about their chances this weekend, especially with Yovani [...]

For me, this is the best series of the year, when my hometown team gets to play the team most of friends back. Let’s just say there have been many sixers won (2006, Marlins sweep the season series) and lost (2007, Brewers go 5-2) over this “rivalry”.
However this week’s worth of games to a more typical Crew fan probably represented a good chance to get some wins and earn a split or — dare I say — WIN a series. And I guess I can understand that, as the Fish are, as usual, around .500 and without much for hype [...]

After taking a few days to organize the site and get everything going a bit more smoothly, we’re back up today. The “Macro-Brew” series review is up next, with a Keg Tapper preview to follow.
Sláinte!

Another day, another loss for the Brew Crew, as they wasted another wonderful (if somewhat fortunate) start from youngster Yovani Gallardo thanks to another messy bullpen performance. This time the main culprit was Todd Coffey who somehow managed to give up five earned runs in a 2-1 ball game.
It isn’t so much stunning that Coffey was capable of such a shoddy performance, as it was that Ken Macha could allow a 2-1 game to get so out of hand.
So, lets take a closer look at each of these two’s shortcomings on Monday night.

Two series worth of Macro-Brew recaps, and we’ve got two sweeps going against Milwaukee. Too much more of this and Doug Melvin will be giving me some Suppan-esque funds to kill the blog series.
Unlike the Atlanta set, where the Crew showed off their ineptitude, I’d have to say that more than anything the Brewers simply seemed out-classed by the team of Brotherly Love.
Let me restate that I will be using some advanced statistics pretty regularly in this blog, and one of the most useful for recapping what happened (not what WILL happen) is WPA, or Win Probability Added. Here is [...]

Happy Weekend to everyone.
In my first week taking over the RtB here, I’ve been setting the table behind the scenes for a lot of the series you can expect on a regular basis. However, they do take time to set up, so here is an abbreviated version of what will be “Tapping the Keg” series reviews.
In the near future it will be much more intensive and expansive, but as an added bonus I’d included the link to the game 1 Baseball Reference batter vs. pitcher matchups for tonight.
Slainte!
Stadium: Miller Park
Five-year Run Park Factor: 0.99
Five-year HR Park Factor: 1.01
Stadium Dimensions:
Left [...]