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Baseball Musings just published the Musings Marcels and Musings Marcels Opposition Batting for 2027. These are based on Tom Tango’s Marcel the Monkey prediction system. The idea was that a simple regression and age adjustment produced a robust set of numbers for the upcoming season. I publish at the end of the year, because it’s […]
I recently fed Claude.AI all of my posts on collective bargaining agreements over time. I wanted to see if I was consistent and balanced in my approach. Today I asked Claude to list my best posts from over the years on the subject. Here is Claude’s response: A guest selection by Claude, Anthropic’s AI model […]
The Brewers won the World Series due to their regular season offense showing up, while turning the Rays offense into what might be the worst version possible. Milwaukee hit .280/.350/.396 in the series. They generated hits, they generated walks and they generated doubles and triples power. What they did really well, however, was produce sequences […]
William Contreras went one for four with a double and an RBI in the 4-1 win over the Rays on Wednesday night, helping seal the Brewers first World Championship. It also solidified his choice as World Series MVP: Calling pitches, successfully challenging balls and strikes, shutting down the Rays’ ordinarily ample running game and stroking […]
The Brewers beat the Rays 4-1 in game five of the World Series, their fourth win sealing the championship. The collected eight hits in the game, two of them doubles and six of them singles. They only hit three home runs in the series. They also only struck out 35 times. It’s great to see […]
The Brewers lead the Rays 4-0 going to the bottom of the ninth. Junior Caminero, Liam Hicks, and Jonny DeLuca are scheduled to hit against Trevor Megill, who pitched the eighth inning. Update: Caminero falls behind 0-2. He evens the count, then takes strike three down the middle. One down. Update: Hicks grounds a ball […]
Jacob Misiorowski limps a bit off the field after 5 2/3 innings. It’s not quite clear what happened, but with a 4-0 Milwaukee lead over Tampa Bay, he is in line for the win.
Christian Yelich gets hit by a pitch, William Contreras doubles him home, then Brice Turang singles to move Contreras to third, and the Brewers lead 3-0 with none out in the top of the sixth inning. The Rays bullpen failed to shut down Milwaukee so far, with two runs allowed in less than two innings. […]
Kevin Kelly of the Rays relievers Drew Rasmussen in the top of the fifth inning, and puts himself in a first and third situation with one one. David Hamilton makes him pay with the third single in a row, driving in a run and give Milwaukee a 2-0 lead. Rasmussen allowed two hits.
With one out in the top of the second inning, Brice Turang doubles, then Sal Frelick gets hit on the hand with a pitch. Cooper Pratt then lines a single into center that scored Turang and sends Frelick to third. Pratt thought the throw as going to third, but it was cut off and Pratt […]
Drew Rasmussen of the Rays pitches an easy first inning, striking out two Brewers batters and inducing a grounder. He threw just eleven pitches. He’s starting on three days rest. So far, so good. Update: The Rays put four balls in play against Jacob Misiorowski in the bottom of the first, one of them falling […]
Jacob Misiorowski takes the ball for Milwaukee in their second of four chances to end the World Series with a championship. This will be his fourth start of the post-season, and he face 18 or 19 batters in each of the three previous outings. He pitched well but not overpowering, striking out 14 in 13 […]
William Contreras of the Brewers visited the top five just briefly as he draws a walk in five trips to the plate in a 4-3, 12 inning Rays win on Tuesday night. He drops to sixth place in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings, 0.65 points behind Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres. The Rays win […]
