Disciples of Uecker

Probable Pitchers: Thursday: Chase Anderson (5.55 ERA, 7.0 K/9, 3.7 BB/9) v. Alfredo Simon (13.50 ERA, 10.8 K/9, 6.8 BB/9) Hoo boy! We thought we had it rough here with the bad starts from Wily Peralta, Taylor Jungmann and Zach Davies. Alfredo Simon has made four starts, the… [More]

Probable Pitchers: Monday: Jimmy Nelson (3.16 ERA, 7.2 K/9, 4.0 BB/9) v. Jered Weaver (3.86 ERA, 4.2 K/9, 2.7 BB/9) Weaver, who hasn’t thrown a fastball over 90 MPH since 2014, has undergone one of the most drastic drops in velocity in recent memory. He’s got a decent-looking ERA… [More]

Probable Pitchers: Friday: Zach Davies (9.72 ERA, 5.4 K/9, 4.3 BB/9) v. Adam Conley (5.12 ERA, 9.8 K/9, 3.7 BB/9) Nobody benefitted more from the rain out in Chicago on Wednesday than Zach Davies, who desperately needs a good start to get his season back on track. Davies was… [More]

Morry Gash/AP Probable Pitchers: Tuesday: Jimmy Nelson (3.46 ERA, 6.6 K/9, 3.5 BB/9) v. Kyle Hendricks (4.00 ERA, 7.5 K/9, 1.5 BB/9) The series opener with the Cubs on Tuesday probably represents Milwaukee’s best chance to put a couple of crooked numbers up on the scoreboard as they face Chicago’s… [More]

Probable Pitchers: Friday: Aaron Nola (5.68 ERA, 10.89 K/9, 1.42 BB/9) v. Zach Davies (19.29 ERA, 0.0 K/9, 11.57 BB/9) Nola has been better than his ERA suggests so far, and is the victim of a very low 50.6% strand rate, the lowest in the… [More]

RHP Zack Jones, the Brewers’ 2nd round pick in last winter’s Rule 5 draft, has been cleared to throw again by team doctors as he works his way back from a shoulder injury that limited him to just one appearance during Spring Training, according to… [More]

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon for baseball (you know, if you were inside the enclosed confines of Miller Park) the Brewers did what no team has done since September 16th of last year: they beat Dallas Keuchel. Jimmy Nelson outdueled last year’s American League Cy… [More]