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Aramis R has hit into more double plays so far than home runs. I know it's not much of a stat but it's not good. However if Mike Fiers can pitch like that again I will feel much better and Zack G has serious road troubles.
Friers won't pitch like that every time out and Grienke will be fine on the road.
A research company, Scarborough, ranked the 30 clubs in Major League Baseball in terms of what percentage of people surveyed in a market say they are fans of the local team.
The Brewers finished second in the survey, with 73% of those surveyed in Milwaukee saying they were fans of the team.
Only respondents in St. Louis delivered a higher percentage, with 81% in that market saying they were Cardinals fans.
Surveys were taken by Scarborough from August 2011 through July 2012. Two thousand adults 18 and older were polled in Milwaukee.
The definition of a fan in this survey is a person who has attended a game, watched on television or listened on radio in the past 12 months.
The top six MLB teams in fan identification:
The Brewers and Gomez reached an agreement on a 1-year deal in January of this year. That deal was for $4.3 million in 2013.
A few months later they agreed to a $24 million 3-year extension.
Was it a good deal?
Gomez has been more of a part time player for the Crew than a starter in his career; averaging just about 400 PA's per season.
With the new contract and Nyjer Morgan heading to Japan for this season CF looks to belong to Gomez.
FanGraphs has 5 different projection systems available for most players. These projections combine to project Gomez for a .303/.404 line worth 2.1 WAR in 450 PA's (2.8 WAR in 600 PA's).
Gomez hit .305/.463 last season so the projections don't like Gomez to retain his power despite the fact he's entering his age 27 season which is usually the beginning of a player's power peak (/alliteration).
Since players peak from about age 27 to age 31 this contract should cover Gomez' peak years and he should have minimal risk of decline over the life of the contract.
We should expect Gomez to put up 4 seasons of about 2.5 WAR. The market value of 1 WAR is about $5.5 million currently. If that value increases 5% annually then the value of Gomez' total WAR would be about $60 million.
The total value of Gomez' contract is $28.3 million.
The Brewers will be paying Gomez about half of what he is expected to produce. Even if he fall off dramatically, he should be worth his contract.
Fiers' first career start:
7 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's
Fiers' rest of season
120.7 IP, 120 hits, 52 ER, 36 BB, 132 K's (3.88 ERA)
He certainly turned in a much better season than I expected
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and Grienke will be fine on the road.
In Greinke's next 7 road starts (before he was traded) he went:
2 - 1 with a 2.70 ERA in 40 IP giving up 35 hits, 2 HR, 6 BB and 31 K's.
I'd say that qualifies as fine at worst.
The Brewers have 5 players batting over .300 and 1 at .280 and 2 below the Mendoza Line. If the Brewers only had pitching and timely hitting!
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