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Milwaukee Brewers Make Variety of Roster Moves After Awful Road Trip
July 26th, 2012 at 1:14 PM
The Milwaukee Brewers have returned home to take on the Washington Nationals, but before the action begins at 7pm tonight, Milwaukee made a few changes to the roster.  So lets take a look at the moves.  First move is the most highly regarded of the two moves.  After being on the...

Should Milwaukee Brewers Be Buyers or Sellers
July 10th, 2012 at 7:45 PM
As the All Star Break continues, and the all stars play the game, we will continue to examine the team.  With the trade deadline looming, and the Brewers 8 games behind the Pirates at the break the primary question is what should the Brewers do.  So today we will answer...

Milwaukee Brewers Sign Livan Hernandez and Make Roster Moves
June 23rd, 2012 at 12:36 AM
With the status of the bullpen in flux, the Brewers needed to make a move.  And they did that on Friday afternoon.  According to mlb.com and a tweet sent out by former Brewer Bill Hall, the Brewers have signed Livan Hernandez to a one year deal, the financial aspect of this...

Milwaukee Brewers Make a Variety of Roster Moves
June 21st, 2012 at 8:30 PM
After a great three game series through Wednesday, the Brewers were back at work Thursday trying to get themselves set up for a six game road trip.  Milwaukee will visit the Chicago White Sox, and will head to Cincinnati to finish the trip.  But to get set up they had...

Marco Estrada Goes on Disabled List
May 24th, 2012 at 6:45 PM
After Marco Estrada left the game on Wednesday with an apparent injury to his left leg, he went through an MRI to see the problem.  And it turns out, Milwaukee has another key injury involving time on the disabled list.   On Thursday after getting the results of an MRI, the...

News and Notes Before Opening Day
April 3rd, 2012 at 12:10 PM
***PHOTO1*** Alright everyone Friday is the beginning of the season.  The Brewers are set to begin.  They are finishing up the last two days with a complete walk through.  And the lineups are showing final touch ups and a final shot for bench players to make the team.  So today we...

Jose Veras Shaping up to Be Seventh Inning Reliever
March 16th, 2012 at 10:36 AM
It has been just about a week and a half in Arizona and the Brewers think they may have found their seventh inning reliever.  All signs point to Jose Veras being that seventh inning man.  So today we will take a look at Jose Veras.  So without further ado here...

Milwaukee Pitching Prospect Santo Manzanillo Lucky to Be Pitching This Spring
March 12th, 2012 at 1:10 PM
Milwaukee Brewers pitching prospect Santo Manzanillo considers himself lucky to be alive following a serious car accident last November. Not only is Manzanillo alive but he is throwing a baseball in the Milwaukee Brewers spring training camp. In late November Manzanillo was driving his Hummer to the Brewers baseball academy...

Milwaukee Brewers Injury Updates as Shaun Marcum and Corey Hart Make Progress
March 11th, 2012 at 3:15 PM
As the Milwaukee Brewers wrap up week one of spring training games some injuries have dampened the start of the season for a few players. The most serious injury to date was Corey Hart's torn cartilage in his knee which required surgery. ***PHOTO1*** Starting pitcher Shaun Marcum has been dealing...

Top 5 Questions in Milwaukee Brewers Spring Training
March 8th, 2012 at 8:42 PM
It has been about a week since the Cactus League season began and their have been several questions worth asking.  And the questions regard all three aspects of the game.  So tonight we will examine these questions, and will address answers and certain ideas of what might be better plans....

Milwaukee Brewers and John Axford Working on Long Term Extension
March 2nd, 2012 at 2:09 PM
Today is the deadline for contract renewals and John Axford is the last Milwaukee Brewer to sign his contract renewal. Axford will sign his one year renewal today while the team and Axford's agent work towards a multi year extension. The Brewers in the past have signed one year placeholder...

Milwaukee Brewers Around the Horn: Bullpen
February 23rd, 2012 at 11:45 PM
After looking at the starting rotation on Monday, tonight after a little news and other things to be reported, we will go back around the horn.  And look at the bullpen.  As is the case with the starters many bullpen arms are returning as well.  The bullpen is different though....

Milwaukee Brewers’ Young Pitchers Mark Rogers and Zach Braddock Aim to Get Back on Track in 2012
February 22nd, 2012 at 12:00 PM
The start of spring training is always filled with optimism. Especially for young pitchers Mark Rogers and Zach Braddock with the Milwaukee Brewers. Rogers and Braddock a few years ago represented two of the more promising young arms in the Brewers organization. However in 2012 with the Brewers coming off...

Milwaukee Brewers Win Arbitration Hearing with Jose Veras
February 14th, 2012 at 5:19 PM
It was a long and drawn out affair, and something the Brewers have not been through too many times.  But the Brewers went to an  arbitration hearing with new reliever Jose Veras and came out of it victorious.  It was just the second time in 11 years.  So here are...

Milwaukee Brewers Player Review: Marco Estrada
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:00 PM
With work being done with the remaining arbitration players and news drying up in Milwaukee we will look at how good a player Marco Estrada is.  And is he worth the hype the Brewers have put in on him.  They still seem interested in making him a starter.  So here...

An Update on Milwaukee Brewers’ Remaining Arbitration Players
January 30th, 2012 at 1:17 PM
The Brewers are only about three weeks away from spring training and they have not yet completed their remaining player contracts.  We have covered the majority of their arbitrated players.  But there are still three to discuss.  It would be difficult to pitch without pitchers. And all they have left...

Milwaukee Brewers Player Review: Manny Parra
January 24th, 2012 at 3:24 PM
Today we will continue a brief series about the three left handed pitching candidates in the 2012 season.  Yesterday we looked at Zach Braddock, today we will look at Manny Parra.  So without further ado here is the look at Manny Parra.  Manny has been in a variety of different spots...

Milwaukee Brewers Player Review: Zach Braddock
January 23rd, 2012 at 2:33 PM
Starting today we are going to start a brief look at the three potential left handed relievers who might score themselves a spot in the bullpen for the Brewers this upcoming season.  So without further ado, here is a player review of Zach Braddock.   Zach Braddock has been a valued...

Milwaukee Brewers Agree to Terms with Two More Players
January 17th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
With the Brewers facing many tough decisions and deadlines looming large the Brewers continued to lock up more players for the 2012 season.  They had eight players eligible to receive arbitration and they are now down to just three players left.  But now the deadline is up to exchange contract...

Are the Milwaukee Brewers Ready for the 2012 Season? the Pitching Staff
January 16th, 2012 at 1:12 PM
In the second part of our mini series outlining if the Milwaukee Brewers are ready for 2012 we will look at the pitching staff.  Unlike the offense the starting rotation is all back. Their were a few changes in the middle relief core.  So it shouldn't be too bad.  But...