Brew Crew Ball: FanShots

You think you know the Brewers Farm System? You've got nothing on this guy.

2009-11-07T07:26:33Z

You think you know the Brewers Farm System? You've got nothing on this guy.

He's ranking the top ~~200~~ 201 prospects in the dodger organization. It's pretty entertaining. Definitely worth a look

Red Sox offered Bowden for Hardy?

2009-11-07T04:05:39Z

Red Sox offered Bowden for Hardy?

According to this article, the Red Sox offered Michael Bowden for JJ, but Melvin wanted at least Daniel Bard or Clay Buchholz.

Certainly won't make the Gomez-haters happy if true. In the end, Melvin is going to look like either a really good judge of talent in taking Gomez (while asking for Buchholz?!), or really out of touch...

Melvin: "We are going to consider [Lucroy] as a candidate

2009-11-06T22:51:26Z

Melvin: "We are going to consider [Lucroy] as a candidate

In this interview, I really got the feeling that Lucroy and Rivera will be the catchers next season. That would leave all of the money to be spent on Counsell, 1 bench spot, and Free Agent Starting Pitchers.

He also notes that Gomez has a plus arm, rated a 60 on the 20-80 scale.

Brewers decline David Weathers' option

2009-11-06T21:09:25Z

Brewers decline David Weathers' option

Another $3.3 million saved. (There was a $400,000 buyout.)

Brewers acquire CF Carlos Gomez from Minnesota in exchange for SS J.J. Hardy.

2009-11-06T16:58:00Z

Brewers acquire CF Carlos Gomez from Minnesota in exchange for SS J.J. Hardy.

Elias rankings are out and #Brewers' Felipe Lopez indeed slipped to Type B.

2009-11-06T06:49:37Z

Elias rankings are out and #Brewers' Felipe Lopez indeed slipped to Type B.

Tweet from mlb.com's Adam McCalvy. Cameron, Kendall, Looper, and Weathers all also qualify as Type B free agents.

Hot Stove: Garland's option declined, will be a FA

2009-11-05T17:30:08Z

Hot Stove: Garland's option declined, will be a FA

Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times just tweeted that Garland will be available on the FA market, as he was last year.

Money returning as AAA manager; Gale named pitching coach

2009-11-04T20:53:50Z

Money returning as AAA manager; Gale named pitching coach

Rich Gale spent the 2009 season in the Nats system. He also worked at the big league level as the Red Sox pitching coach in 92-93.

Post on Minor League Ball asking for top 5 Brewers prospects

2009-11-03T05:22:30Z

Post on Minor League Ball asking for top 5 Brewers prospects

There is a fanpost up on Minor League Ball looking for members to contribute their thoughts as to who the top 5 current Brewers prospects are. The poster has been doing this for every team, taking each commenters top five and compiling them into a community top 5. Represent the Brewers fan base and post your own list!

Brewers Announce 2010 Spring Training Schedule

2009-11-02T18:28:52Z

Brewers Announce 2010 Spring Training Schedule

Thursday, March fourth starts off the games.

For a little more in-depth look at the schedule, click here.

Chris Bosio to return in 2010 as advance scout

2009-10-30T21:28:16Z

Chris Bosio to return in 2010 as advance scout

Via the JS:

The Brewers announced the appointment of Bosio today. An advance scout goes into cities ahead of the club and compiles scouting reports of that opponent.

Alcides Escobar "abandoned his daughter before she was born"

2009-10-30T04:06:28Z

Alcides Escobar "abandoned his daughter before she was born"

at the beginning of the yr I saw something like this in a blog but thought it was a lie....after reading this story, watching the videos..... I´m wrong. Mr. Escobar needs to man-up.

Congratulations to the winners in our Bring Back Seth McClung contest!

2009-10-28T22:19:43Z

Congratulations to the winners in our Bring Back Seth McClung contest!

At 5 pm today, I used Random.org to draw the final seven winners in the Bring Back Seth McClung contest. Congratulations to Chrisconsin Sewalish, who won an autographed ball, Ryan Schmidt and Joseph Johnston, who each won a batting glove autographed by McClung, and David Johnson, Tony Sie, Nathan A. Ferch and Bill Scheske, who each won autographed baseball cards!

Thanks to everyone who participated. If you're one of the winners, send me a message on Facebook with your mailing address, so I can mail out your prize.

Congratulations to our winners, including Jason Stromberger, who won the first autographed ball, and thanks to everyone who participated!

Cain, Lucroy, Green in the lineup in the AFL tonight.

2009-10-27T00:23:59Z

Cain, Lucroy, Green in the lineup in the AFL tonight.

Cain is starting in center field and batting leadoff, Lucroy is batting sixth and catching, and Green is batting eighth and playing third base for the Javelinas, who take on Surprise at 8:35.

The link above will take you to MLB.com's Gameday coverage of tonight's game.

Bourgeois claimed off waivers by Houston, Burns, Stern agree to minor league deals

2009-10-26T18:27:33Z

Bourgeois claimed off waivers by Houston, Burns, Stern agree to minor league deals

Apparently the Brewers tried to pass Bourgeois (a Houston native) through waivers to outright him back to the minors, and he got claimed.

Meanwhile, Mike Burns gets little more than an extreme outside shot at making the rotation next spring, and Adam Stern, who spent most of 2009 in AA and will be 30 before spring training, remains on board as roster filler in an organization that needs warm bodies to play center field.

Why I haven't watched an inning of playoff baseball this year

2009-10-26T14:10:15Z

Why I haven't watched an inning of playoff baseball this year

Committing 10% of your payroll to a non-premium guy who'll throw under 4% of your innings - if he's...

2009-10-25T23:44:55Z

Committing 10% of your payroll to a non-premium guy who'll throw under 4% of your innings - if he's healthy - is irresponsible.

Keith Law

My family and I were busy for the last 45 minutes...here's what we came up with.

2009-10-25T23:41:00Z

My family and I were busy for the last 45 minutes...here's what we came up with.

Another Cardinal in the Rotation?

2009-10-25T02:58:47Z

Another Cardinal in the Rotation?

A lefty, coached by Rick Peterson and Macha in Oakland. Makes sense, right? I just can't talk myself into a 60% Cardinal cast-off rotation.

Cubs hire Rudy Jaramillo as hitting coach

2009-10-23T05:45:29Z

Cubs hire Rudy Jaramillo as hitting coach

I apologize if this has been posted or mentioned elsewhere but Rudy Jaramillo was named the hitting coach for the Cubs.
He's been very well praised for his time with Texas and I'm saddened to see him go to a divisional rival.