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Midseason Grades

  • July 9, 2024


https://reviewingthebrew.com/posts/handing-out-player-grades-for-the-first-half-of-the-2024-milwaukee-brewers-season-01j1ww9v6nfg

I agree with most of these but Adames with a B? he's hitting .235. Yes the defense has looked good and when he hits its been a HR sometimes but this is still too high. Same with Peralta. I don't know what world a 4.00 is above average but a 3.34 from Rea is worse? Colin Rea has been the "ace" of this rotation this year while Peralta has pitched at a #4 pitcher level.

11 comments

  2. judge a batter by something, anything more useful than batting average challenge (difficulty: impossible)

    .235 isn’t even that bad of an average these days, to say nothing of how little it actually tells of a hitter’s quality. Looking at Adames other numbers, he’s pretty much fine if not overly spectactular or anything. He’s a 2-3 WAR player (depending on where you look) at the halfway point, that’s decent and definitely worth a B grade

  3. Not many serious analysts are looking at batting average and ERA to evaluate a player’s performance in 2024.

    Freddy has the #21 xFIP among qualified pitchers, among players like Max Fried, Zack Wheeler, Logan Gilbert. The walks and lack of IP/G are holding him back from ace status, but striking out that many guys is so valuable.

    Adames is the #29 ranked position player by Fangraphs WAR so far at 2.7. He’s been the 11th most valuable defender this year and has an above average batting line (106 wRC+) despite the weak AVG. By the way, MLB average is .242, so his .235 is really only a “C” grade anyway and that is his weakest attribute

  4. Pretty fair grades. They obviously use a mix of peripherals to go with the actual stats players have put up so some people won’t like that. Like Rea is an A just from results and expectations but if you look deeper into the stats he likely has just been really lucky on the year.

  6. Going by “stats” is the reason why we end up getting guys like Winker PH in key spots . That was the final nail in the coffin for me when your using stats to make your decisions.

    Do what you want but I’m glad Pay don’t do this too much

  7. Giving Adames a solid B is a fan boy. B- is the absolute highest that should be considered for his season.

    I’d give Willy a C+ and Hoskins a D+ considering he is making 17 million this season.

  8. Reviewing the Brew is really fun and I enjoy it, but it leans away from objectivity towards fandom so enjoy for what it is!

  9. Going by position order here

    C Contreras A

    (Sanchez C+)

    1B Hoskins B-

    (Bauers C-)

    2B Turang A

    SS Adames B-

    3B Ortiz A-

    (Dunn C+)

    (Monasterio D-)

    LF Yelich A+

    CF Perkins B-

    RF Frelick C+

    (Chourio C+)

    —

    SP Peralta B-

    SP Wilson B

    SP Rea B+

    SP Myers B+

    SP Rodriguez D-

    SP Gasser A

    SP Keuchel B-

    SP Ashby C-

    SP Hall D+

    (Not enough sample size for Civale)

    SP Ross C+

    —

    RP Hudson A

    RP Koenig A

    RP Payamps D+

    RP Peguero B-

    RP Milner C-

    RP Uribe C

    (Not doing Junis or Zastrynzy)

    CP Megill A

    –

    Let me know if I missed any

  10. >Blake Perkins – In his second big league season, Perkins has blossomed defensively. His .246 average, .678 OPS and -0.98 WPA, however, all rate below average. Grade: C-.

    1st, these stats aren’t even up to date. 2nd, Blake’s OPS+ is 96 which means he’s slightly below league average at the plate but he’s much better than league average on the base paths and much, much, much better than league average defensively. These grades are a joke.

  11. Freddy gets the benefit of a high strikeout count. Masks the fact that his Whip is high leading to more runs.

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