A while back I wrote about who we might expect to receive a September call-up. Now that we’re in the second week of September, we have a pretty good idea of who is and isn’t coming up. The Brewers already promoted Domingo Santana and Zach Davies. Today, they will activate catcher Nevin Ashley and shortstop Luis […]
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Game One Hundred Thirty Eight Recap: Marlins 6, Brewers 4
WHAT HAPPENED Taylor Jungmann has been a revelation with the Brewers this year. All through the minors, despite some encouraging results, he has struggled with his command — forcing scouts and talent evaluators limit their projections for him. However, through 16 starts before tonight in 96.2 innings, Jungmann tallied a 13.2 K%-BB%, the second best mark of […]
Does Cesar Jimenez Have a Future?
For teams who will not play on to October, the season’s final month can still serve a purpose. Clubs such as the Brewers, languishing near the bottom of the standings (albeit not quite in the cellar*), will often take the opportunity to experiment with younger and/or newer faces. When the games don’t count for anything […]
The Bogus Harvey-Sabathia Comparison
CC Sabathia will forever be fondly remembered in Milwaukee not just because of his amazing performance down the stretch in 2008, but also because of his willingness to start an amazing four times in a row on three days rest in September and into October. Not only was Sabathia sacrificing his body, but Sabathia was […]
Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, September 8
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (62-81), 23.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New Orleans 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Col. Springs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 RHP Hiram Burgos: (L, 3-4) 6.0 IP, 4 […]
Days of Future Present
The Brewers’ July trade of Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers signaled a clear indication that the organization knew it needed to retool. They shipped out an excellent player on a reasonable contract who will be a free agent after next season, and they also got rid of a cost-controlled pitcher who is already 30. Neither […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Quests and Origin Stories
Welcome back to Rolling Out the Barrel, Brewers fans, and a happy Labor Day weekend to you all. I sincerely hope that each of you gets to experience a little bit of great baseball over the weekend, and I’d really appreciate it if a couple of you would take in a couple of extra innings […]
Brewers Farm Update: Friday, September 4
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (60-79), 24.5 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Omaha 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 3 0 11 15 0 Col. Springs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2 LHP Brent Suter: (L, 3-1) 6.0 IP, 6 H, […]
Past Arizona Fall Leagues & Brewers Prospects
The participants in this year’s Arizona Fall League were announced this week. The Brewers, along with the Royals, Rangers, Yankees, and Cardinals will be sending their prospects to the Surprise Saguaros. The “season” will start on October 13th and run through the 21st of November, which is the championship game. Teams will send prospects to […]
The Player-Hader’s Ball
It was Warren Spahn, one of the most talented major -league pitchers to ever ply his trade in the city of Milwaukee, who originally coined the baseball wisdom that “hitting is timing, and pitching is upsetting timing.” Over a half-century after Spahn upset timing well enough to bring a championship to Milwaukee, the out-of-contention Brewers added a […]