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Brewers News & Notes
- The MVBrewers series continued with #7 in the poll, former outfielder Gerardo Parra. He went from fourth outfielder to start the season to a valuable trade chip with a hot couple of months.
- Adam McCalvy of Brewers.com reports that Ryan Braun had successful back surgery on October 8. Rehab time is expected to be a month, and he should have a normal offseason.
- The Brewers are selling some commemorative game-worn jerseys and other memorabilia online. Cait Covers The Bases has the details on how to bid on the items, starting at $25 for baseballs to $1,500 for a game-worn Ryan Braun jersey.
Minor League Update
- Travis has a profile of Taylor Williams, #9 in the BCB prospect rankings before the season. He underwent Tommy John surgery in August and his future as a prospect is currently up in the air.
Postseason Update
Yesterday's Games
AL Championship Series
Game 3: Blue Jays 11, Royals 8
Royals Lead Series 2-1
Today's Games
AL Championship Series
Game 4: Royals @ Blue Jays
Chris Young vs. R.A. Dickey
Royals Lead Series 2-1
NL Championship Series
Game 3: Mets @ Cubs
Jacob deGrom vs. Kyle Hendricks
Mets Lead Series 2-0
Around Baseball
- Athletics starting pitcher Barry Zito has decided to retire, ending his 15-year MLB career.
- The Blue Jays claimed switch pitcher Pat Venditte off of waivers from the Athletics.
- Tigers LHP Daniel Norris announced that he has thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery in the offseason. He is expected to make a full recovery.
- The Yankees have fired hitting coach Jeff Pentland.
- After an incident during the ALDS at the Rogers Centre where fans threw objects onto the field, the Blue Jays have banned the sale of beer cans on the upper deck for the ALCS.
- While people say that pitching wins championships, the teams that have been succeeding are the ones that have more hitting available. Nicholas Zettel of Disciples of Uecker looks at how teams have won in the playoffs and the success of the best regular-season pitchers in the playoffs.
- Alcides Escobar is succeeding in Kansas City, but that doesn't mean he would have had the same success in Milwaukee. Jack Moore of BP Milwaukee discusses the factors that led to Escobar's success in Kansas City, despite the fact that he shouldn't be seeing this much success.