Brewers Pitching?

The experts were right, the Milwaukee Brewers pitching is the problem. But on a scale like this, we may not have guessed. The bullpen has been okay. Sure Trevor Hoffman and LaTroy Hawkins have been rocked, but Carlos Villanueva and Manny Para have been brilliant and Todd Coffey very good. But the rotation is a [...]

Milwaukee’s elderly catchers

The predominant starters behind the plate for the Brewers since 2005 all have something in common: They are all in the their mid to late 30′s and in the extreme tail-ends of their careers. Damian Miller, incumbent starter from 2005 to 2007, retired after his Brewer tenure. Jason Kendall started in 2008 and 2009, and [...]

Whats up with Carlos Lee?

The question must certainly be asked what is going on with the Houston Astros cleanup man. In today’s 7-2 loss to the Cubs he did break a career worst 0-18 slump with a single. But that still leaves him hitting just .103, 4-39 this season. Lee also has zero RBI’s, no extra-base hits, and only [...]

2010 Offseason Review: AL East

AL East Baltimore Orioles Key losses- Chris Ray, Danys Baez Key additions- Kevin Millwood, Garrett Atkins, Mike Gonzalez Off-season grade- C+ Justification- Kevin Millwood provides some leadership for the Orioles young staff. He’s also very durable and that should keep the young staff from pitching too many innings. Garrett Atkins is a nice low risk/high [...]

2010 MLB Off-Season Review: NL Central

Chicago Cubs Key losses- Rich Harden, Milton Bradley, Kevin Gregg, Aaron Miles, Aaron Heilman. Jake Fox Key additions- Carlos Silva, Marlon Byrd, John Grabow (re-signed) Off-season grade- C Justification- Considering the circumstances I think the Cubs have come out okay this off-season. Getting Silva for Bradley hurts, but getting $9 million from Seattle and getting [...]

Milwaukee Brewers Top Ten Prospects 2010

1) Mat Gamel-3B Didn’t make the same noise fellow number 1 prospect Ryan Braun made during his call up, but none the less is still outrageously talented. He’s still got the power to hit 30 plus every year. I think this is the year where he could bust loose. 2) Brett Lawrie-2B Could be the [...]

Great Day for Milwaukee

The Brew Crew from the cheesehead state made a big splash today by signing Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins to bolster the pitching staff. Hawkins should provide some stability in terms of a late-inning, go-to guy to set up for Trevor Hoffman. Hawkins has always been underrated in terms of a set up guy, and [...]

The Risky Trio

These three guys perfectly exemplify the idea of high risk and high reward in Major League Baseball. The following players all have the ability and track record to be completely dominant starting pitchers. Weighed against them, however, are their individual injury histories. It seems that they are consistently battling the disabled list almost as often [...]