Last night, Brewers outfielder Rymer Liriano was hit by a pitch and severely injured. Liriano reportedly suffered facial fractures, and the incident forced him to spend the night in the hospital for observation. The pitch struck the 24-year-old outfielder right under the brim of his batting helmet. “You know that the sound is different,” Jake Elmore, who was […]
Tag: Spring Training
I Don’t Know Who’s on Third For the Brewers
Last month, I broke down the first significant playing-time battle for the Brewers coming into Spring Training: center field. Today, we’re going to look at third base, a position the team threw to the wolves last year with the late-July trade of Aramis Ramirez. Down the stretch, playing time at the hot corner went to Hernan Perez and […]
The Brewers Roster & The Drama of Spring
I typically don’t watch much spring training baseball. As great as it is to see people back out on the field in March after a long winter, the novelty wears off quickly for me, and there are only so many games that don’t matter — games that aren’t so much games as glorified practices — […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: The Fruit Salad of a Brewer’s Life
The pitchers and catchers reported last Friday, but the real work starts today, as the Brewers hold their first full-squad workout in Maryvale. With the first Spring Training games just a couple of days away, the long offseason is really starting to feel like it’s coming to a close. No more projections, no more predictions, […]
Rolling Out the Barrel: Arizona Dreamin’
Folks, I’ve got some great news for y’all: We are officially within a month of Milwaukee’s pitchers and catchers reporting. Though it seems so close (and yet so far), our first piece today has enough ways to fill up those days to last you into Spring Training and beyond. Let’s roll it out: The Hardball […]