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• #JACOB NOTTINGHAM BREWERS 2018 IN REVIEW SERIES#

Segura was an All-Star during his first season for the Brewers in 2013, and he was flipped to Arizona after the 2015 season in a trade that brought Chase Anderson, Isan Díaz and Aaron Hill to Milwaukee.

He was on his way to a better season during his second campaign in Milwaukee before the Brewers traded him to the Angels on July 27, 2012, in a deal that brought Jean Segura, Ariel Pena and Johnny Hellweg to the Brewers. Just two years removed from winning the American League Cy Young Award with the Royals, Greinke pitched well for the Brewers in 2011 (3.83 ERA, 1.20 WHIP in 171.2 IP, 3.3 fWAR) before giving up 12 earned runs in 16.2 innings over three starts in the playoffs.

Acquiring Zack Greinke from the Royals for Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, Jeremy Jeffress and Jake Odorizzi (Dec. Here’s a look back at the five most impactful trades the Brewers made over the past decade.ĥ. There were mistakes made along the way, such as the Khris Davis deal with the A’s in February 2016 (Davis for Jacob Nottingham and Bubba Derby), the July 2018 acquisition of Jonathan Schoop, and the trade for lefty reliever Alex Claudio that cost the Brewers a Competitive Balance Round A draft pick last December, but the overall trade track record of the Stearns and Melvin-led Brewers is very strong. Savvy trades have been a hallmark of the Brewers’ front office throughout this decade, and a positive track record of success on that front was a driving factor in the organization’s postseason runs, as well as their swift retooling efforts between postseason appearances. While Stearns is without question the type of new-age, analytically-minded GM that organizations covet, there is one overarching theme in the Brewers’ success. The first half of the decade was in the hands of general manager Doug Melvin, who held the position through the end of the 2015 campaign when David Stearns took over. Having a winning record a little more than half of the time might not seem like much of an achievement, but considering the run of 12 consecutive losing seasons from 1993-2004, and that the team’s 2008 playoff appearance ended a 26-year postseason drought, things have significantly improved.

#JACOB NOTTINGHAM BREWERS 2018 IN REVIEW SERIES#

Stability in the front office undoubtedly helped the Brewers this decade, a 10-year stretch that included six winning seasons, and narrowly missed World Series appearances on two occasions, 20. The Brewers are still seeking the franchise’s first World Series title, but if the last two seasons are any indication, a victory parade through downtown Milwaukee is achievable in one of baseball’s smallest markets. Perhaps it’s the oft-ornery masses on social media who make things seem this way, but for teams with playoff-caliber rosters, a season without a World Series championship is often graded as a failure. In recent years, success in Major League Baseball has felt more binary than ever.