2019 REMARKABLE! SEASON PREVIEW — Milwaukee Brewers

Inside Edge is back with our Remarkable! season preview. Over the next 3 weeks, we will provide stats and leaderboards on all 30 MLB teams. The Royals and Angels continued our previews yesterday. Wrapping up our first week is the Milwaukee Brewers. Can Christian Yelich follow up his MVP campaign with another strong performance?

2018 Record: 96-67 (1st in NL Central)

Brewers PITCHERS

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Jhoulys Chacin

Jhoulys Chacin threw his slider 44.4% of the time (1,337/3,008) in the 2018 season — highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 22.5%.

Jhoulys Chacin allowed an OPS of just .382 (395 PAs) with two strikes in the 2018 season — 5th best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .482.
Jhoulys Chacin allowed an OBP of just .244 (386 PAs) vs right-handed batters in the 2018 season — 4th best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .292.

Chase Anderson

Right-handed hitters had a groundball rate of just 31.3% (71/227) against Chase Anderson in the 2018 season — 6th lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 IP; League Avg: 43.3%.
Chase Anderson threw his changeup for a strike 67.9% (332/489) of the time in the 2018 season — tied for 15th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 IP; League Avg: 62.0%.
Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .057 (13/227) against Chase Anderson on non-fastballs in the 2018 season –– 2nd best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 IP; League Avg: .123.

Zach Davies

Hitters swung at 37.3% of Zach Davies’ fastballs (909/2,437) since 2017 — 2nd lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 161 IP; League Avg: 45.7%
Hitters chased 164 of Zach Davies‘ 376 changeups out of the zone (chase rateof 43.6%) since 2017 — tied for 9th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 161 IP; League Avg: 36.3%.
Zach Davies had a strikeout rate of just 15.8% (173/1,097) since 2017 — 6th lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 161 IP; League Avg: 21.9%.

Jimmy Nelson

Jimmy Nelson struck out 30.2% (107/354) of left-handed batters he faced since 2017 — tied for 8th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 161 IP; League Avg: 21.2%.
Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .068 (15/220) against curveballs from Jimmy Nelson since 2017 — 4th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 161 IP; League Avg: .124.

Brandon Woodruff

Brandon Woodruff allowed a slugging percentage of .500 (20 Total Bases / 40 ABs) on breaking pitches in the 2018 season — tied for 8th worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .322.
Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .031 (1/32) against fastballs up from Brandon Woodruff in the 2018 season — tied for 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .123.

Corbin Burnes

Corbin Burnes threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 76.1% (35/46) of opposing batters with runners on base since the All-Star Break — 9th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 61.6%.
Opponents batted just .088 (3-for-34) against Corbin Burnes with RISP since the All-Star Break — best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .243.

Right-handed hitters had a miss rate of 41.3% (69/167) against Corbin Burnes since the All-Star Break — 3rd highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 26.9%.

Freddy Peralta

Freddy Peralta allowed a slugging percentage of just .217 (18 Total Bases / 83 ABs) vs right-handed batters since the All-Star Break — tied for best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 31 IP; League Avg: .404.
Freddy Peralta allowed an OBP of .434 (83 PAs) vs left-handed batters since the All-Star Break — 5th worst in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 31 IP; League Avg: .315.

Jeremy Jeffress

Jeremy Jeffress threw his breaking pitches for a strike 67.0% (250/373) of the time in the 2018 season — 15th highest among 138 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 61.1%.
Jeremy Jeffress had a first-pitch strike rate of just 50.8% (150/295) in the 2018 season — 3rd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 60.1%.
Jeremy Jeffress allowed a slugging percentage of just .207 (12 Total Bases / 58 ABs) with RISP in the 2018 season — 5th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .376.
Jeremy Jeffress had an ERA of 1.29 (76.2 IP) in the 2018 season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 3.69.

Josh Hader

Josh Hader allowed an OPS of just .484 (306 PAs) in the 2018 season — 3rd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .688.
Josh Hader allowed an OBP of just .220 (305 PAs) in the 2018 season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .310.
Opponents batted just .131 (28-for-214) against Josh Hader‘s fastball in the 2018 season — best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .256.

Opponents had a miss rate of 32.7% (162/496) against Josh Hader on pitches in the strike zone in the 2018 season — highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 18.4%.
Josh Hader had a strikeout rate of 46.7% (143/306) in the 2018 season — highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 24.6%.

Corey Knebel

Corey Knebel had an average fastball velocity of 96.9 MPH in the 2018 season — 13th highest among 112 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 93.7.
Opponents had a miss rate of 32.6% (115/353) against Corey Knebel on fastballs in the 2018 season — 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 20.9%.
Opponents batted just .222 (34-for-153) against Corey Knebel on pitches in the strike zone in the 2018 season — 13th best among 120 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .274.

Alex Claudio

Alex Claudio allowed an OBP of .404 (203 PAs) vs right-handed batters in the 2018 season — worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .305.
Alex Claudio had an average fastball velocity of just 86.0 MPH in the 2018 season — 2nd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 93.7.
Alex Claudio allowed an OBP of just .255 (98 PAs) with RISP in the 2018 season — 11th best among 116 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .332.
Alex Claudio walked 13 of 299 batters (4.3%) in the 2018 season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 8.9%.

Matt Albers

Hitters chased 116 of Matt Albers‘ 277 fastballs in off the plate (41.9%) since 2017 — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 30.4%.
Hitters chased just 52 of Matt Albers‘ 228 breaking balls down out of the zone (chase rate of 22.8%) since 2017 — 2nd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 36.0%.
Matt Albers threw his curve/slider down for a strike just 43.0% (130/302) of the time since 2017 — tied for 3rd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 55.1%.

Junior Guerra

Opponents batted .484 against Junior Guerra (44-for-91) when he was behind in the count in the 2018 season — worst in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 IP; League Avg: .336.
Junior Guerra has retired the leadoff hitter in each of his last 12 innings (Jose Alvarado tied with Ryan Pressly for the longest at 18).
Junior Guerra has allowed no extra-base hits in his last 12.0 innings pitched (Ryan Pressly has the longest active streak at 20.0).

Taylor Williams

Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of .172 (35/204) against Taylor Williams in the 2018 season — tied for 15th worst among 133 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .139.
Opponents had a miss rate of 58.0% (83/143) against Taylor Williams on breaking pitches in the 2018 season — 2nd highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 38.1%.

Right-handed hitters had a miss rate of 35.3% (97/275) against Taylor Williams in the 2018 season — 13th highest among 111 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 27.4%.

Jake Petricka

Opponents batted .341 (42-for-123) against Jake Petricka’s fastball in the 2018 season — 4th worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .256.
Jake Petricka allowed an OBP of .421 (76 PAs) with RISP in the 2018 season — 6th worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .332.

Jacob Barnes

Hitters chased just 66 of Jacob Barnes‘ 243 off-speed pitches out of the zone (chase rate of 27.2%) in the 2018 season — tied for 9th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 34.2%.
Jacob Barnes allowed an OBP of .404 (99 PAs) vs left-handed batters in the 2018 season — 5th worst among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .317.

Brewers HITTERS

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Ryan Braun

Ryan Braun chased 40.1% of elevated fastballs out of the zone (63/157) in the 2018 season — tied for 21st highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: 26.3%.
Ryan Braun had a line drive rate of 27.9% (90/323) in the 2018 season — tied for 15th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: 23.2%.
16.6% of Ryan Braun‘s plate appearances lasted only one pitch (74/447 PAs) in the 2018 season — 13th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: 10.9%.
Ryan Braun had a Well-Hit Avg of .289 (48/166) on non-fastballs in the 2018 season — best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: .126.

Lorenzo Cain

Lorenzo Cain had 37 Extra-Base hits out of 166 total hits (just 22.3%) in the 2018 season — 6th worst in MLB; League Avg: 37.3%.
Lorenzo Cain had an OBP of .348 (310 PAs) with two strikes in the 2018 season — tied for 3rd best in MLB; League Avg: .267.
Lorenzo Cain batted .373 (53-for-142) against LHP in the 2018 season — 2nd best in MLB; League Avg: .266.

Christian Yelich

Christian Yelich slugged 1.178 (86 total bases in 73 ABs) on the first pitch of at-bats in the 2018 season — best in MLB; League Avg: .605.

Christian Yelich made 10 non-routine plays out of 22 chances (45.5%) in the 2018 season — 6th best in MLB; League Avg: 23.2%.
Christian Yelich had an OBP of .402 (651 PAs) in the 2018 season — tied for 5th best in MLB; League Avg: .338.
Christian Yelich slugged .602 (242 total bases in 402 ABs) against RHP in the 2018 season — 4th best in MLB; League Avg: .453.

Eric Thames

Eric Thames batted just .146 (13-for-89) on breaking pitches in the 2018 season — 5th worst in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: .224.
Eric Thames had an OBP of just .209 (172 PAs) with two strikes in the 2018 season — tied for 25th worst in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: .258.

Jesus Aguilar

Jesus Aguilar had 35 HRs in just 492 ABs (14.1 AB/HR) in the 2018 season — 6th best in MLB; League Avg: 25.9 ABs Per HR.
Jesus Aguilar had an OPS of .890 (566 PAs) in the 2018 season — 13th best among 144 in MLB; League Avg: .786.
Jesus Aguilar slugged .708 (85 total bases in 120 ABs) on pitches 94 mph or greater in the 2018 season — 4th best in MLB; League Avg: .443.

Mike Moustakas

Mike Moustakas chased 46.3% of breaking pitches out of the zone down-and-away (63/136) in the 2018 season — 13th highest among 118 in MLB; League Avg: 32.5%.
Mike Moustakas had an OPS of .990 (165 PAs) with RISP in the 2018 season — 14th best among 144 in MLB; League Avg: .821.
Mike Moustakas slugged .593 (64 total bases in 108 ABs) when leading off an inning in the 2018 season — tied for 11th best among 144 in MLB; League Avg: .450.
Mike Moustakas had a groundball rate of just 34.7% (165/476) in the 2018 season — 15th lowest among 144 in MLB; League Avg: 42.7%.

Orlando Arcia

Orlando Arcia slugged just .307 (107 total bases in 348 ABs) in the 2018 season — 5th worst in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: .431.
Orlando Arcia has a 16-game streak of reaching base safely, starting on September 23rd (Tommy Pham has the longest active streak at 32).
Orlando Arcia batted .316 (30-for-95) on inside pitches in the 2018 season — tied for 22nd best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: .248.

Travis Shaw

Travis Shaw had 32 HRs in just 498 ABs (15.6 AB/HR) in the 2018 season — tied for 9th best in MLB; League Avg: 25.9 ABs Per HR.
Travis Shaw made only 4 non-routine plays out of 39 chances (10.3%) in the 2018 season — 17th worst in MLB; League Avg: 23.2%.
Travis Shaw slugged .535 (205 total bases in 383 ABs) against RHP in the 2018 season — tied for 13th best among 144 in MLB; League Avg: .453.

Manny Piña

Manny Piña had an OPS of just .579 (134 PAs) versus relief pitchers in the 2018 season — 12th worst in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: .750.
Manny Piña had an OBP of just .217 (83 PAs) with RISP in the 2018 season — 5th worst in MLB among hitters with at least 241 PA’s; League Avg: .352.
Manny Piña threw out 36.7% of runners attempting to steal (18/49) in the 2018 season — 5th best in MLB; League Avg: 23.7%.

Yasmani Grandal

Yasmani Grandal averaged 4.29 Pitches per Plate Appearance (2,222/518) in the 2018 season — 6th highest in MLB; League Avg: 3.89.
Yasmani Grandal had a swing rate of just 24.4% (140/574) on fastballs away in the 2018 season — 2nd lowest in MLB; League Avg: 37.4%.
Yasmani Grandal batted just .206 (22-for-107) against LHP in the 2018 season — 11th worst among 144 in MLB; League Avg: .266.
Yasmani Grandal slugged .623 (124 total bases in 199 ABs) on fastballs in the 2018 season — 11th best among 144 in MLB; League Avg: .486.

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