Brewerfan.net is reporting that Doug Melvin has a trade in the works for some starting pitching. The names most speculated on in that thread include Cliff Lee, Jake Peavy, or even someone like Dan Haren or Roy Halladay. The last two are totally unrealistic but would be exponentially awesome. The last update from the fan [...]
Jesse Motiff just penned a column on why the Brewers’ future shouldn’t contain J.J. Hardy. Motiff lists a myriad of reasons mostly centered around Alcides Escobar coming in as a valuable replacement should Hardy be traded. The problem with that train of logic is that Hardy is one of the best players in MLB, and [...]
In the wake of a recent inability to post more than twice per week but still feeling like there’s more to say, I’m going to change the way I blog. Instead of copying Aaron Gleeman’s format of blogging — two posts of baseball analysis per week — I’m going to mix in initial thoughts on [...]
During the top of the 9th inning in yesterday’s ballgame, I told the friend I was watching the game with, “watch out for this Jason Kendall double play — the rally will vanish.” Pinch-hitter Casey McGehee led off the 9th inning with a walk and the tying run was on first with nobody out. Kendall [...]
Last year, the Milwaukee Brewers sent Dave Bush down to AAA after stinking up Milwaukee with terrible pitching performances through the first few months of the season. At this point last year, Bush was 2-5 with a 5.49 ERA and it got worse in his next start, hovering his ERA near 6 before catching fire [...]
Over the offseason I spoke briefly about Jorge Julio shortly after he signed with the Brewers for a one-year, $750k deal. I said that I approved of the deal, as the price was right and the Brewers were probably going to be smart enough to use him in non-leverage situations since he’s made an entire [...]