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The Milwaukee Brewers currently sit four games under .500 and have four Opening Day starters on the disabled list with potentially three season-ending injuries, depending on the MRI results on the knee of Alex Gonzalez on Monday. Tensions are high amongst the Brewers faithful. Some have… [More]
We are only three weeks into the regular season, so the sample sizes are not large enough to make concrete arguments about anyone’s performance. We can, however, begin to identify interesting trends that have developed over the past three weeks and track them to see… [More]
Dateline, unknown. Deep in a training facility somewhere in the vast Milwaukee Brewers organization, manager Ron Roenicke, owner Mark Attanasio, and general manager Doug Melvin sit at a table in a dimly lit room. RR: Geez, can’t someone get better lights in here? MA: Sorry,… [More]
It’s easy to find the problem with the 4-6 Milwaukee Brewers. The team has allowed a National League worst 50 runs, and although some of that can be attributed to playing the Cardinals for three games — St. Louis has scored a league-high 47 runs,… [More]
Haven’t done one of these in a while; you all have been subjected to my crazy labor rants, stats excursions, and sessions of throwing-spaghetti-on-the-wall. Lucky for you, a part of my community service agreement (we won’t go there) requires that I have the decency to… [More]
Right-hander Zack Greinke dazzled on Saturday afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals, pulling the Brewers into a 1-1 series tie and giving them a chance to pull out a series win on Easter Sunday. However, it was not meant to be. Lance Lynn baffled the Brewers in… [More]
Right-hander Zack Greinke has reportedly paired up with agent Casey Close for the upcoming season, which has raised expectations that serious contract discussions are either underway or about to occur between the Brewers and their ace. I am not about to argue over what profiles as… [More]
Doug Melvin wheeled and dealed his way to an NL Central pennant in 2011. He augmented the starting rotation with the notable acquisitions of Shaun Marcum and Zack Greinke, though the two best trades are seldom mentioned as significant contributors to the Brewers’ success. During the… [More]
Joe Inglett played in 102 games for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010, hitting .254/.331/.401 over the course of the season. He largely served as a pinch hitter for the Crew, but also played some corner outfield and second base. Overall, it was a rather nondescript season for a… [More]
The Brewers lost both their split squad games yesterday, but Elvis Costello already wrote a whole song about what spring training records mean, so I’m not going to talk about that. Instead, I’m going to talk about one of the changes to the MLB landscape… [More]