Archive for January, 2010

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 part has done a good job for the Brewers. With these two players under contract the only guy left is Corey Hart. The Brewers added versatile Joe Inglett off waivers from the Rangers. He will give the Brewers another left-handed bat in the line-up.  Joe [...]

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 as there is much more to it. Charlie Moore played for the Milwaukee Brewers starting in 1973 and lasted to 1986. He was a catcher that did his job. His numbers were not something you really counted on. Moore never hit over six home runs [...]

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 his first full season in Milwaukee Toddy Coffey posted a 2.90 ERA in a team-high 78 relief appearances and led all National League relievers with 83 2/3 innings pitched. This leaves just three players left to try and get a deals done with.  Right fielder [...]

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 Mike Cameron was making which was close to the 10 million dollar range. The Brewers still are far apart with Todd Coffey who is seeking 2.45 million and the Brewers countered with a 1.7 million dollar offer. Doug Davis a left-handed pitcher has agreed to [...]

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 have added Lew Burdette to the Brewers Walk Of Fame outside Miller Park. He had narrowly missed the last few years, but now he is a member. He  was on the 57 Milwaukee Braves team that won Milwaukee’s only World Series. Sadly he passed [...]

Prince Fielder had one special season last year, but the question is can he do better. Fielder turned 25 in May on the way to batting a career-best .299 with 46 home runs. He set franchise records with 141 RBIs and 110 walks. His on base percentage was very high as well.  Asking Prince Fielder to succeed these kind of numbers will be tough. One of he biggest factors will be the people in front of Fielder and behind him in the Brewers lineup. The Brewers will need to put guys in front of him and behind him that are [...]

Mat Gamel hopes one day he will be able to become an everyday player for the Milwaukee Brewers. Gamel has all the tools to be a productive Major League Baseball player he is stuck in a numbers game right now. Gamel who is a very good third basemen is stuck behind Casey McGehee who had a very good year last season and the frontrunner for that position. The Brewers do not want to leave Gamel on the bench all season long so look for him to bounce back and forth between Triple A Nashville and the Majors. The only chance [...]

As we ring in 2010 and we all make New Year’s resolutions it’s time that Brewers fans stand up and unite as one. We have been held down to long and need to make a stand.  So, I will start the ball rolling by proclaiming 2010 As The Year Of The Brewers. Now no I did not have to much to drink last night so get your mind out of that thinking right now.  The Brewers have just as much chance of anyone as we all start 2010 new and last time I checked no one has played a game [...]