Disciples of Uecker

Heading into Tuesday night’s game, there was reason to believe maybe, just maybe, the Brewers had figured out Ryan Dempster. The 2.75 career ERA against the Crew in 26 starts (48 appearances) is daunting, but in his last three starts against Milwaukee, Dempster had allowed… [More]

With Prince Fielder leaving for Detroit in the offseason, the Brewers picked up the seventh pick of the “Sandwich Round” between the first and second rounds of the MLB Draft on Monday. With that pick, the 38th overall, the Brewers selected a third bat to… [More]

The Milwaukee Brewers opened up the 2012 MLB Draft by selecting a pair of bats, tabbing Washington high school catcher Clint Coulter and Georgia Southern outfielder Victor Roache at picks 27 and 28 respectively. It would not be surprising to see the pair jump to… [More]

On May 28th, Baseball Prospectus gave the Milwaukee Brewers an 18% chance at making the playoffs. That may have sounded quite charitable at the time — the club sat at just 19-28 and was reeling following two come-from-ahead losses at the hands of the Arizona… [More]

It was the struggling Rickie Weeks who opened the scoring in Milwaukee’s victory last night, depositing a home run in the left field seats off Ian Kennedy in the second inning. Weeks has shown power at times throughout his season long slump, and at five… [More]

The reasons the Milwaukee Brewers lost Monday night’s interminably dragging 14-inning contest are simple: they mustered just one hit in the five extra frames, and Juan Perez just isn’t good enough to be trusted with an inning of any sort of importance. That said, a… [More]

The Milwaukee Brewers have been a distinctly different offensive team without Prince Fielder. Despite the narrative on TV and in most media, the Brewers’ offense has still been slightly above average this season, scoring 4.1 runs per game in a league scoring just 4.0. Still,… [More]

Last month, we ran a contest with our good friends over at DraftStreet.com. Sixty-five entrants filled out a lineup and six players walked out with $200 in prizes. Missed it? Don’t worry. DraftStreet is back on Disciples of Uecker, and this time the stakes are… [More]

Milwaukee’s 5-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds should be best remembered for the Brewers’ bats remarkable incompetency, managing just one run and striking out nine times against the Reds’ Bronson Arroyo. However, in the top of the fourth inning, it looked like the one run,… [More]

With San Diego probable starter Cory Luebke injured, the Padres have called on an old friend for this evening’s series finale against the Brewers: Jeff Suppan. Milwaukee’s memories of Jeff Suppan are a bit less than special given his unfortunate performance over his four years… [More]