On Monday, my colleague Jack Moore covered the departure of Doug Melvin, one of the bigger developments to emerge from this year. While Melvin certainly had his strengths as General Manager, his failures ultimately outweighed his successes — and chief among the former was, as Moore cited, Melvin’s utter inability to construct a respectable minor […]
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Rolling Out The Barrel: Unwritten Rules Aren’t Just For Players
Good morning, and welcome to the final Rolling Out the Barrel of the 2015 regular season. Just one last series remains, as Milwaukee will close the books on a disastrous campaign with a three-game set against Chicago at a stadium that will almost assuredly earn the pejorative moniker of Wrigley Park North this weekend. We’ve […]
Brewers Farm Update: Tuesday, August 11
Colorado Springs Sky Sox: (47-66), 20.0 GB Did not play. Biloxi Shuckers: (21-22), 4.0 GB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Mississippi 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 4 6 2 Biloxi 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 x 5 8 0 RHP Tyler […]
Transaction Analysis: Brewers Send Aramis Ramirez to Pittsburgh
Traded 3B-R Aramis Ramirez to the Pittsburgh Pirates for RHP Yhonathan Barrios The Brewers began indicating to both baseball media and front offices around the league that they would be sellers as early as May 7th. The Brewers have plenty of players worthy of trade speculation—Carlos Gomez and Ryan Braun perhaps the most interesting—but the most obvious […]