Posts Tagged ‘Jonathan Lucroy ’
On Sunday afternoon, the Brewers and Cardinals game was getting hard to watch. The Brewers were down 3-0 and hadn’t scored a run in 32 consecutive innings, a franchise record. To distract myself, I found a YouTube clip of Guns N’ Roses blasting through a… [More]
“Using only players in the Brewers system, what’s your ideal 2013 25-man roster? Injuries don’t count, so you can include Hart, etc.” – @GregSchueller The position players are rather easy. Injuries aside, the Brewers have entrenched starters at every position around the diamond, and the… [More]
It’s only Wednesday, but the Brewers have already made waves twice this week with a couple interesting signings. First, with Monday’s complicated Kyle Lohse deal and then there was the “He’s back!” moment Tuesday when the team brought back one of the game’s great punchlines… [More]
Welcome to Rounding the Bases, a weekly column where writers Ryan Topp and Steve Garczynski participate in a discussion on one baseball topic. This week, the two tackle the Brewers’ outfield and catchers. Steve Garczynski: When the Milwaukee Brewers started the 2012 season, their outfield… [More]
The surprise was ruined weeks ago, but Ryan Braun and Jonathan Lucroy are officially members of Team USA in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The American team was announced this morning, with the rest of the world’s rosters being announced later this afternoon. Twelve other… [More]
Years ago, I remember that Brewers fans gave their beloved Milwaukee Nine the reputation of an undisciplined, strikeout prone club. Our 2008 Wild Card favorites included a gang of bats that might strike out more than 20% of plate appearances, but also hit home runs… [More]
LUCROY EXCELS AT FRAMING Catcher Jonathan Lucroy has been known over the past couple of seasons for his ability to effectively frame pitches and garner more strike calls for his pitchers than the average catcher, but this article by Mike Fast gives us a more… [More]
In a must-win game against the Cincinnati Reds, right-hander Shaun Marcum tossed six innings of one-run baseball, and the offense provided more than enough firepower to propel the Brewers to a victory. Combined with a St. Louis Cardinals loss against the Houston Astros, Milwaukee moved back… [More]
“In your opinion, what is our starting rotation 1-5 going to look like next year?” — @tdepp34 Too many moving parts exist at this point to make any definitive predictions. Prior to the 2011, Brewers fans witnessed that when Doug Melvin pulled off back-to-back blockbuster… [More]
The Brewers’ 25-man roster is going to look a lot different by this time next week. Already, the changes are coming. The Brewers announced Thursday afternoon that George Kottaras is being designated for assignment to make room for the returning Jonathan Lucroy, and infielder Jeff… [More]