Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 09, 2004
Worst To First

Along with the Tigers, the Brewers are also on top of their division after finishing in last place in 2003. One encouraging sign I'm seeing is that Milwaukee is wauking more. :-) Last year, they drew one walk for every 10.1 AB. So far, they are drawing a walk every 8.0 AB. They are hitting better (.290 Team BA) and getting on base more (.373 OBA). The sample is too small to be significant, but it's a trend worth watching.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:53 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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Who woulda thought?! I guess Pudgey reaaly is helping the Tigers and I dont know what's got inta the Brewers since they got ridda Sexson!

Posted by: Zach Rose at April 10, 2004 12:00 PM

Brewers hitters are taking lots of pitches and wearing down the pitchers. That's what they did today. Tim Redding pitched ok, but eventually he hit Geoff Jenkins. Later on that inning, Wes Helms hit his home run.

The Sexson trade may turn out to be a great deal for the Brewers. While not having anyone on the team that will belt 40+ HRs, they may have a bunch of players who end up hitting 25-30 with the end result being more HRs as a team than with Sexson.

Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at April 10, 2004 09:26 PM