2014 Brewers Optimism Thread

[igor67]

Yes, I meant franchise record. Set in August of 2011.

[jjfanec]

Found some great stats about the Brewer's hot start in this article http://statsontapp.com/2014/04/24/can-the-milwaukee-brewers-make-mlb-history-in-april/. The most wins in April is 21 by the New York Yankees in 2003. The Brewers have already broken their franchise record of 16 in the month of April. Only 24 other teams have ever started with 18 wins in April.

 

Of those 24 teams that did win 18 or more by the end of April in a season, 17 of those teams made the playoffs that year. Of the 24 teams, five went on to play in the World Series that season: Detroit (18 in 1984), Oakland (18 wins in 1989), San Diego (19 in 1998), the Yankees (21 in 2003) and Boston (18 in 2013). The Tigers, A’s and Red Sox won the World Series that year; the Padres and Yanks were on the losing end that season.

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

That's a cool article.

 

Not to nitpick, but I guess they're treating the March 31st win as an April win? Seems like that's not something the stats agencies would do...

[fondybrewfan]

I know it is early but seeing a 5.5 game lead in the division is pretty nice. Plus we are already up 7 on CIN and 8.5 in PITT

 

Even though this season is going great; I fully expect to go down to STL next week and get spanked again

 

Hoping for that not to be correct. Brewers prove me wrong

[Bombers]

Nice to see the Brewers at 10th in average attendance so far and it's only April. The roof helps a ton - combine with a winning record and the brewers could hit 3 million again this year

http://espn.go.com/mlb/attendance

 

Today's game is sold out so they might move up.

[igor67]

Too bad he didn't list the teams that missed the playoffs. I wouldn't be surprised to find that almost none or even none of them would haved missed the playoffs under the current format once they hit 18 win mark. The '87 Brewers missed the playoffs for example, but would have easily made it with the expanded playoffs.

[Patrick425]

I thought last night's win against the Cards was incredible considering the current state of the Brewer's roster. I pretty much chalked it up as a loss when they were down 3-0. Even after the Brewers tied it up, when St. Louis got runners in scoring position in both the 9th and the 10th with less than 2 outs, I pretty much thought it was over. Great, great win.

[Warning Track Power]

2-2 versus the Cardinals, especially with last night's lineup, has to be an early season win for the Crew. They know they can play with the Cards and the mental side is 90% of the battle against them.

[tigerbrew]

20 WINS in the first month of the season !

[torts]

THIS RULES!~!!!

[RobDeer 45]

Millllllwaukeeeee Brewers, Brewers, we're turning up the heat!!!!!

[Funketown]

Fangraphs playoff odds up to 63%, division odds up to 46%.

[Patrick425]

Take note Pope Francis. The Brewers are performing miracles on a daily basis!

[bylo tesi me]

A solid rotation and an unbelievable bullpen are all anyone talks about these days.

 

Brewers no longer have to market Hank the dog!

[TooLiveBrew]

Take note Pope Francis. The Brewers are performing miracles on a daily basis!

Fantastic. Fantastic post.

[torts]

2 of 3 from the Yanks! next up 3 against Pittsburgh and 3 against the Cubs! AW YEAH!!!!!

[brewcrewdue80]

How's this for Optimism?

32-22 Still holding a 2.5game lead on the division. And the next 20games? All vs. under .500 teams. Cubs, Twins, Pirates, Mets, Reds, and DBacks. Realistic to say 13-7 record which then puts us at 45-29 nearing mid point on the season.

What Khris Davis is doing at the plate really makes this offense exciting now. The HRs+doubles give us a lethal bat at the bottom of the order to either drive runs in (like just now) or to start an inning off either putting a run on the board or a runner in scoring position.

 

The pitching is holding together honestly sans some RRR mismanagement. I have a lot of faith in our starters to continue putting up starts that keep us in the game and it's up to our potent offense to supply it with enough runs. This is a team that can go win 10 straight and I'm thinking it happens final 3games vs. Minnesota/3 game series vs. Pitts/ 3 game series vs. Mets and the first vs. Cincy

ARam is nearing a return which will coincide with sparking that 10 game run!

[lcbj68c]

The season is exactly 1/3rd over and we are at a 96win pace. Also, as bad as the month of May played out, we still have a shot at a .500 month with two wins over the Cubbies. I don't know that I can EVER complain about a .500 month.

[JohnBriggs12]

Melvin has managed to turnover talent from within with guys like Davis and Gennett recently and Lucroy several years back, and through shrewd deals that brought Segura and Gomez. He's also has arms poised to slide into rotation spots as they open up. All this with one of the lowest rated farm systems. No, he hasn't built a juggernaut but he's put together a roster that in years when injuries don't derail them, can often compete for the postseason and it's a roster that only needs attention in one or two spots a year.

[RobDeer 45]

Melvin has managed to turnover talent from within with guys like Davis and Gennett recently and Lucroy several years back, and through shrewd deals that brought Segura and Gomez. He's also has arms poised to slide into rotation spots as they open up. All this with one of the lowest rated farm systems. No, he hasn't built a juggernaut but he's put together a roster that in years when injuries don't derail them, can often compete for the postseason and it's a roster that only needs attention in one or two spots a year.

 

Was having a text discussion last night with two Brewer fans about this very topic. Just talking about what he's pulled off. We really have had a chance to compete for the post season for several years in a row. That's nothing to sneeze at, being in such a small market. We actually look like we are in a good place, despite not having blue chippers in the minors.

[homer]

Best record in the NL!

[ewitkows]

I don't get espn playoff % calc. They have the A's at 99% they have a 6.5 game lead in their division. We have a 5.5 game lead and are only 73% and San Fran is at 82% and only has a 4 game lead

[pitchleague]

I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that the A's have outscored opponents by over 100 runs and we're only in June. That's what I came up with for a guess when I was trying figure the same thing out earlier this evening.

[PrinceFielderx1]

I don't get espn playoff % calc. They have the A's at 99% they have a 6.5 game lead in their division. We have a 5.5 game lead and are only 73% and San Fran is at 82% and only has a 4 game lead

 

They are meaningless. Just like the top 100 prospect analysts sheets. Heck even the top 50.

[Pugger]

I don't get espn playoff % calc. They have the A's at 99% they have a 6.5 game lead in their division. We have a 5.5 game lead and are only 73% and San Fran is at 82% and only has a 4 game lead

 

They are meaningless. Just like the top 100 prospect analysts sheets. Heck even the top 50.

 

I'm rather surprised they think it is anything at all seeing they hardly ever mention us unless we lose and you never see our game listed on their main MLB page so you have to search their website to find any recap of our games. They do have a clip of the wild pitch from yesterdays game and a link to the recap on the main page but that's because of the crazy play there.