Disciples of Uecker

There are a lot of reasons prospects fail. Sometimes, a mechanical flaw limits their progress. Other times, they hit a wall between Single-A and Double-A. And some just lose their love of the game and retire before their careers even begin to take hold. That’s… [More]

It’s been interesting to see baseball’s new draft rules play out over the past few days. The new restrictions put the Pittsburgh Pirates in a bind, for example, after they took Stanford pitcher Mark Appel with the 8th overall pick. Appel wants to be paid… [More]

Things are just getting stupid at this point. Jonathan Lucroy is the 12th Brewer to get hurt in the month of May after what can only  be described as a bizarre hotel room incident. Adam McCalvy has Lucroy’s story on how the backstop bruised his… [More]

The Brewers’ May injury woes continue. Before Sunday’s series finale against Arizona, it was announced that Travis Ishikawa had a strained oblique and probably needed a trip to the disabled list. That information seemed to be confirmed when Brooks Conrad was pulled from Nashville’s lineup… [More]

There’s just something about West coast games this year. While the Brewers were cruising to a relatively easy 7-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks Friday night, they picked up another injury in the infield. Shortstop Cesar Izturis, who was enjoying a rare good offensive game… [More]

When Mike McClendon was sent down for Vinnie Chulk at the end of April, smart money was on McClendon returning to the big leagues before long. Thanks to Marco Estrada landing on the 15-day disabled list with a quad strain, McClendon is getting the call… [More]

The shortstop carousel post-Alex Gonzalez continues for the Brewers, who claimed Cody Ransom off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday. Edwin Maysonet was optioned back to Nashville to make room on the 25-man roster, and Gonzalez was transferred to the 60-day DL to make room… [More]

Given recent performance, this probably qualifies as the least surprising news in awhile. #Brewers RHP Vinnie Chulk has been designated for assignment. The team has selected the contract of LHP Juan Perez from Triple-A Nashville. — Mike Vassallo (@MikeVassallo13) May 19, 2012 Chulk was called… [More]

The Brewers came up short of a win again on Wednesday, but it wasn’t by any fault of Zack Greinke’s. By the numbers, it’s not crazy to say that Milwaukee not only wasted Greinke’s best start as a Brewer, but possibly one of the best… [More]

Things have been a bit tumultuous in Brewer Land over the past week or two, but owner Mark Attanasio provided a bit of long-term certainty on Tuesday, inking Doug Melvin and Ron Roenicke to contract extensions. Melvin will now be under contract through the 2015… [More]