28 Jan
Dave Bush agreed to terms on a one-year, $4.215 million contract on Monday to avoid arbitration, but with the rotation the Brewers have right now he will need to impress people in spring training. The Brewers and reliever Carlos Villanueva agreed to a one-year, $950,000 contract on Tuesday. I like Carlos and for the most [...]
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26 Jan
The one thing about baseball that I love is reflecting back on some of the past players that you have watched or met. For me Charlie Moore was never a name that struck fears in pitchers, but he was still a special player. Many times, you cannot judge a player by sheer numbers he produces [...]
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22 Jan
The Milwaukee Brewers are really not big fans of arbitration and they have avoided another case with the signing of reliever Todd Coffey. Coffey will earn $2,025,002 in 2010 after making $800,002 last season. Coffey will be used as a setup man in the pen and last year he did well in that job. In [...]
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21 Jan
The Milwaukee Brewers were able to reach deals with second baseman Rickie Weeks and centerfielder Carlos Gomez. Weeks will earn 2.75 million dollars a 400,000 raise from 2009 season where he did not play much at all. Gomez is slated to make 1.1 million as the starting centerfielder. That’s a big difference compared to what [...]
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15 Jan
The Milwaukee Brewers have signed former Reds outfielder Norris Hopper to a minor league contract. The signing does not include an invite to spring training though. Hopper split his entire 2009 season between the Triple-A affiliates of the Reds, Nationals and White Sox, batting .281 with a .337 on-base percentage.
In other news the Milwaukee Brewers [...]
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