Our very own dark horse Rookie of the Year candidate Casey McGehee has not-so-quietly had a spectacular year for Milwaukee, putting up a line of .304/.370/.515 in his rookie year with 15 homers in only 335 PA. If he didn’t split playing time with other guys and didn’t sit out with an injury on the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Everyone knows by now that Rickie Weeks is out for the season with a torn tendon sheath in his right wrist. This is the same injury that sidelined him for awhile and subsequently irritated him until last year, and so far this season he looked to be completely healthy and fulfilling the potential he was [...]
Ryan Braun decided to own once again in the bottom of the eighth on Friday night against a FSWisconsin-doctored 100 mph Aaron Heilman fastball on a 1-0 count by serving it into the UW-Milwaukee sign in right center and give the Brew a 3-2 lead that they wouldn’t give up. The next day, the Cubs [...]
Hey if anybody knows how to fix this blog setup to move this column further left so that the graph doesn’t bleed into the links, leave a comment or e-mail me at cody@czwief.com. Thanks! It is now officially the offseason — trades and signings, with the exception of Mark Teixiera, are pretty much dead until [...]