Disciples of Uecker

One of the best ways for smaller-market clubs to build a bullpen is to stockpile as many live arms as possible. Sure, quite a few will have control issues — that’s why they’re relievers — but build up a surplus of flamethrowers and odds are… [More]

With free agency officially starting, ESPN’s Keith Law released his annual list of Top 50 free agents (Insider-only link) on the market. Two former Brewers made the list: Shaun Marcum at #23 and Francisco Rodriguez at #46. Law has Marcum as the 10th-best starting pitcher… [More]

The purging of would-be-arbitration-eligible players continued for the Brewers on Friday, as Travis Ishikawa was outrighted to the minors and Kameron Loe elected free agency after his own outright assignment. Ishikawa hit .257/.329/.428 for the Brewers in 2012 as the team’s primary backup at first… [More]

The Brewers outrighted Nyjer Morgan to the minors on Thursday, ending his two-year stint in Milwaukee. It was probably the most predictable move the Brewers will make this offseason. From the day the season ended — and probably even before that — it was pretty… [More]

When your bullpen puts up the worst ERA in the league as a unit and leads the league in blown saves, it’s safe to assume changes are coming in the offseason. Francisco Rodriguez and Livan Hernandez have already declared free agency, and now it appears… [More]

The Brewers had two “nominees” for Gold Gloves heading into Tuesday night’s special on ESPN2, but came away empty-handed once again as neither Ryan Braun nor Aramis Ramirez came away with the award at their position. Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez beat out Braun and Atlanta’s Martin… [More]

Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez don’t have reputations as elite defenders, but both are finalists for Gold Glove awards, as announced by the Brewers today. Braun is one of the three finalists for the NL’s left field award, joining Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez and Atlanta’s Martin… [More]

We’ve been through this before. In all likelihood, the Milwaukee Brewers won’t be signing Josh Hamilton this offseason. There’s a lot of reasons why, and we’ve already gone through a lot of them here at DoU. Yet for whatever reason, this is this year’s Rumor… [More]

For the second straight year, Ryan Braun is the Brewers’ team MVP as voted by 27 members of the Brewers blogosphere. Braun was the unanimous choice for team MVP, a first in the three years of blogosphere voting. Aramis Ramirez was the near-unanimous runner-up, collecting… [More]

Livan Hernandez and Yorvit Torrealba are now free agents after refusing outright assignments to the minors, the Brewers announced around noon Wednesday. In an unrelated move, reliever Jesus Sanchez was added to the 40-man roster. Hernandez appeared in 26 games this season for the Brewers… [More]