Milwaukee Brewers - The Obama / Trump Years (2010-2019)

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Top Brewers Players of the Twenty Teens

2011 - Won Division, Won NLDS (Arizona), Lost NLCS (Cards)

2018 - Won Division, Won NLDS (Colorado), Lost NLCS (Dodgers)

Pitchers:

2019 - WC, Lost WC Play-in (Washington)

Yovani Gallardo (9.35) - 40

Zach Davies (8.1) - 27

Ballpark:

John Axford (2.14) - 26

Miller park

Francisco Rodriguez (4.85) - 25

Chase Anderson (8.21) - 23

Team Name:

Jimmy Nelson (4.9) - 20

Brewers

Wily Peralta (1.44) - 19

Kyle Lohse (3.85) - 17

Owner:

Corey Knebel (4.5) - 17

Mark Attanasio

Josh Hader (6.65) - 15

Randy Wolf (2.87) - 15

General Managers:

Jeremy Jeffress (7.68) - 13

Doug Melvin (2010 - 2015)

Jhoulys Chacin (1.4) - 13

David Stearns (2015 - 2019)

Junior Guerra (5.09) - 13

Zack Greinke (3.55) - 12

Managers:

Matt Garza (-0.9) - 12

Ken Macha (2010)

Shaun Marcum (4.16) - 9

Ron Roenicke (2011-2015)

Mike Fiers (4.39) - 6

Craig Counsell (2015 - 2019)

Tyler Thornburg (4.06) - 5

Hall of Famers:

Catchers:

None

Jonathan Lucroy (17.67) - 50

Manny Pina (4.65) - 14

Rookie of the Year:

Yasmani Grandal (2.44) - 10

None

First Basemen:

MVP

Prince Fielder (6.02) - 22

Ryan Braun (2011)

Jesus Aguilar (3.99) - 11

Christian Yelich (2018)

Second Basemen:

No Hitters:

Ricky Weeks (5.31) - 17

None

Hernan Perez (3.85) - 9

Scooter Gennett (5.02) - 4

Cy Young:

Jonathan Schoop - 0

None

ShortStop:

Notable Events:

Jean Segura (5.14) - 25

Jonathan Villar (5.34) - 19

2010 - Coming into the Twenty Teens, Milwaukee had a talented offensive

Orlando Arcia (1.89) - 16

squad, but not so good on the pitching end. They had made the playoffs in

2008, but the spotty pitching had made the club inconsistent. In 2010, the

Third Base:

Brewers had a loaded roster of young hitters, but were once again short on

Aramis Ramirez (7.36) - 27

pitchers - as a result they only finished 79-83: The top talent:

Travis Shaw (6.86) - 17

□ C - Jonathan Lucroy, 24, 3rd round 2007 draft

Mike Moustakas (3.23) - 7

□ 1B - Prince Fielder, 26, 7th overall pick 2002 draft, 32-83-.261

□ 2B - Ricky Weeks, 27, 2nd overall pick 2003 draft, 29-83-.269

Outfield:

□ SS - Alcides Escobar, 23, 2003 IFA

Ryan Braun (35.34) - 94

□ 3B Casey McGehee, 27, 2009 waivers from Cubs, 23-104-.285

Carlos Gomez (19.11) - 49

□ LF - Ryan Braun, 26, 5th overall pick 2005 draft , 25-103-.304

Christian Yelich (14.6) - 30

□ CF - Carlos Gomez, 24, 2010 trade for JJ Hardy from Twins

Corey Hart (8.87) - 28

□ RF - Corey Hart, 28, 11th round pick 2000 draft, 31-102-.283

Lorenzo Cain (11.91) - 18

□ CF - Lorenzo Cain, 24, 17th round pick 2004 draft, 1-13-.306

Khris Davis (4.23) - 17

□ RHP - Yovani Gallardo, 24, 2nd round pick 2004 draft, 14-7 3.84

Nori Aoki (6.09) - 16

□ Closer - John Axford, 27, waivers Yankees 2008, 8-2 2.48 24 saves

Eric Thames (3.53) - 14

Domingo Santana (4.18) - 10

2011 - GM Doug Melvin, sitting there with a squad loaded with hitters,

Keon Broxton (4.16) - 8

pulls off a huge deal for KC ace righthander Zack Greinke, 27, and

Greinke doesn't disappoint going 16-6 and leading Milwaukee to the

Notable Events:

playoffs. The Brewers gain 19 games in the standings.

The price was very steep: SS Alcides Escobar, CF Lorenzo Cain,

2017 - After five years of mediocrity or worse following their big 2011 season,

RHP Jake Odorizzi, 21, the Brewers' first round pick in the 2008 draft,

Milwaukee turns it around and wins 86 games. Better still, this team is on the rise.

and closer Jeremy Jeffress, 23, Milwaukee's first round pick in the

The squad is filled with players acquired in trades and astute waiver pickups.

2006 draft. All were high quality.

The top players on the 2017 club:

This deal was a bit reminicent of three years earlier, the Sabbathia

□ 1B - Erick Thames, 30, 31-63-.247 - journeyman came out of nowhere

acquisition by Milwaukee, with a similar result, a run into the playoffs.

□ SS - Orlando Arcia, 22, 15-53-.277 - IFA in '10

□ 3B - Travis Shaw, 27, 31-101-.273 - trade from Boston in '17 for Tyler Thornberg

2011 - To further fortify the staff, Melvin acquires righty Shaun Marcum, 29,

□ OF - Ryan Braun, 33, 17-53 -.263 - Superstar getting old young (former roid user)

from Toronto for yet another top prospect, third baseman Brett Lawrie, 22,

□ OF - Domingo Santana, 24, 30-85-.278 - trade from Houston in '16 for Mike Fiers

who was a first round pick in the 2008 draft. Marcum goes 13-7

□ 2B - Hernan Perez, 26, 14-51-.259, picked up on waivers from Detroit in '15

□ 1B - Jesus Aguilar, 27, 16-52-.265 picked up on waivers from Cleveland in '17

2011 - The Brewers pick up ace closer Francisco Rodriguez, 29, from the

□ RHP - Zach Davies, 24, 17-9 3.90 - trade from Baltimore for Gerardo Parra in '15

Mets at the trade deadline for two youngsters. Rodriguez goes 4-0 with a

□ RHP - Jimmy Nelson, 28, 12-6 3.49 - 2nd round pick in '10

1.86 ERA in a setup role for closer John Axford.

□ RHP - Chase Anderson, 29, 12-4 2.74 - Traded from Arizona for Jean Segura in '16

□ Cl - Corey Knebel, 25, 1-4 1.78 39sv - Traded from Texas for Yovani Gallardo in '15

2011 - Also contributing to the Division title push in a big way were

□ LHP - Josh Hader, 23, 2-3 2.09 trade from Houston in '16 for Mike Fiers

Milwaukee's two superstar young sluggers Prince Fielder 38-120-.299

□ RHP - Jeremy Jeffress, 29, 4-0 3.65 trade from Texas at '17 trade deadline

and Ryan Braun's MVP worthy 33-111-.332.

2018 - The Brewers pitching staff takes a couple of major hits as Jimmy Nelson

2011 - All of this manuevering yields a Division title for Milwaukee and the

misses the season with a rotator cuff injury and Zach Davies is rendered

Brewers beat Arizona in the NLDS, but lose to the Cards in the NLCS.

ineffective due to injuries. They had combined for a 29-12 mark in 2017

2012 - Superstar Prince Fielder defects to Detroit in free agency. This is a

2018 - Milwaukee makes several significant additions before and during the season:

major blow, but not the real cause for the Brewer's thirteen game tumble

□ OF Christian Yelich, 26, trade from Miami for four youngsters

from first to third place. The offense is actually better in 2012 than it was in

Christian turns into a superstar in Milwaukee going 36-110-.326.

2011. To mitigate much of the loss of Fielder, Milwaukee signed slugging 3B

□ OF Lorenzo Cain, 32, FA from KC. Cain was originally a Brewer back in the day

Aramis Ramirez, 29, as a free agent from the Cubs. The real reason for the

□ 3B - Mike Moustakas, 29, trade from KC at the deadline for 2 youngsters

Milwaukee decline was the pitching. Both newly acquired starters Greinke

□ RHP - Jhoulys Chacin, 30, signed as a FA from San Diego

and Marcum suffer injuries and lights out bullpenners Axford and Rodriguez

□ LHP - Gio Gonzalez, 32, 3-0 2.13, trade from Nats at deadline in FA walk year

turn the lights on.

2018 - The Brewers continue to progress. They gain ten games in the standings

2013 - The Brewers continue their decline. The trading away of five primo

to gain a tie for the Division lead with the Cubs at the end of the season. They

prospects plus two others to fortify a Division title in 2011 takes it's toll on the

then beat the Cubs to win the Division and then sweep Colorado in the NLDS

organization as Milwaukee is short of young talent.

before losing to LA in the NLCS. Runs-wise, Milwaukee only picks up 6 games

from 2017, from 85-77 to 91-71. Their overachieving 96 wins is due to a quality

2015 - David Stearns replaces Doug Melvin as GM

bullpen which gave them an edge in winning the close ones.

Yelich is a revelation, winning MVP and carrying the offense after coming over

2016 - Aside from 2011, Milwaukee has been either mediocre or bad

from Miami.

throughout the decade. The '16 season is bad.

There is nothing that jumps out at you that portends that this would be

2019 - Milwaukee tumbles 7 games in the standings. Both the pitching and hitting

the last of the down years of the decade for Milwaukee, but it is.

decline. Once again a strong bullpen, led by Josh Hader, inflates their W-L

The next three years will see the Brewers be a contending club.

record relative to their runs differential. They win enough to make the Wild Card.