Starter: Alcides Escobar Backup: Craig Counsell On The Farm: Josh Prince Here is perhaps the single biggest positional question mark that the Brewers have going into today’s opener. After J.J. Hardy‘s terrible 2009, the Brewers decided to go all-in on Alcides Escobar for the… [More]
Posts by Jack Moore
Position Preview – Shortstop
By Jack Moore on April 5, 2010
Position Preview – Third Base
By Jack Moore on April 5, 2010
Starter: Casey McGehee Backup: Mat Gamel, Craig Counsell On the Farm: Taylor Green, Zelous Wheeler There’s no denying that Casey McGehee had an excellent season in 2009. His .300 batting average was the hallmark, but we shouldn’t ignore his .360 OBP and excellent .499… [More]
Positional Preview – Second Base
By Jack Moore on April 4, 2010
Starter: Rickie Weeks Backups: Craig Counsell, Joe Inglett On the Farm: Brett Lawrie I know that at this point many Brewers fans are firmly against Rickie Weeks. He was a first round draft pick in 2003 and immediately received a major league contract. Now… [More]
Postional Preview – First Base
By Jack Moore on April 3, 2010
Starter: Prince Fielder On the Farm: Mat Gamel? CHONE Projections This is Prince Fielder’s world, and we’re all living in it. Prince is a legitimate superstar and a threat for 50 homers year in and year out. Sure, there will be questions about whether… [More]
Position Preview – Catcher
By Jack Moore on April 3, 2010
Starter: Gregg Zaun Backup: George Kottaras On the Farm: Angel Salome, Jonathan Lucroy CHONE projections: Catcher has been something of an offensive black hole for the Brewers. Since 2000, the Brewers have used such stars as Henry Blanco, Paul Bako, Eddie Perez, Chad Moeller,… [More]
Disciples of Uecker – A Milwaukee Brewers Blog
By Jack Moore on April 3, 2010
Welcome to Disciples of Uecker, my newest blogging venture. This will be a statistically oriented Brewers blog, much in the vein of my previous work at ESPN’s TMI blog, FanGraphs, and Beyond the Box Score. I will cover everything from games to transactions to minor… [More]

