BPL is no longer a one-man show! Say hello to JoeKnows, BPL’s newest writer. He’ll also be jotting down a few posts per week in addition to mine, and he’s a better writer than I am, so I’m excited to see what he comes up with. Joe previously wrote for a personal blog and I’m [...]
The Crew traded two prospects for second-baseman Felipe Lopez; after the game on Sunday, hopefully solidifying their second base situation as well as their platoon at third in the process. Lopez should be a really nice addition to the team, as it gives them stability from another position on the diamond and also over the [...]
Recently posted article by Tom H. Dave Bush struggled in his outing last night and complained of arm fatigue after being erratic and awful for AA-Huntsville last night. That means Mike Burns will make a start. If he’s out for any extended period of time, maybe even I’d advocate trading for a nice pitcher.
Just some things to think about as we reach the midway point of the season… *** Milwaukee’s spent the majority of the first half playing slightly above their record. However their recent 3-8 June Swoon has them at the All-Star Break with a negative pythagorean record. BP’s playoff odds say the Brewers only have a [...]
CZwief.com is undergoing some changes over the next day or two. This is why I haven’t posted yet this week, although I’ll have one for tomorrow. Here’s what’s changing: –I’m no longer calling this blog “CZwief.com.” That was only a placeholder until I got around to creating a new name and got myself into blogging [...]
Manny Parra made his first start today after a four-start stint in AAA where he did pretty darn well compared to his big league disaster. His peripherals aren’t quite there yet (19K, 13BB, 24 2/3 innings pitched), but he did a good job of keeping the ball in the park and on the ground. He’s [...]
I can’t wait until the Brewers trade Ryan Braun. All kidding aside, this sounds just like Doug Melvin is trying to use the media to get his point across that players don’t need to be criticizing the management. Maybe he took it personally. I have no idea. I can only guess at what’s going on. [...]
Yesterday with the Brewers down 1-0 in the bottom of the 9th, Ken Macha decided to pinch-hit Casey McGehee over Mat Gamel against right-handed closer Frankie Rodriguez. It was an obvious way of saying “I’m riding the hot hand” and McGehee ended up grounding weakly to short. Yesterday I thought that Gamel should be getting [...]
A pretty good post from Adam McCalvy last night regarding the recent pine-ride for hot prospect Mat Gamel and whether or hot he’ll get sent back down to the minor leagues after this upcoming series. In case you didn’t read the article: Casey McGehee has forced himself into the Brewers’ everyday lineup, in turn forcing [...]