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Another vote for Parra

If Bush moves up to #4, then the rotation right now would be Sheets, Suppan, Villanueva, Bush, and either Capuano, Vargas, or Parra. Oates is also a fan of giving Parra a shot at the starting rotation…but it might be a moot point. If Gallardo can ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  18 Feb 2008

Gallardo to start year on DL

This is horrible news for a team that sees the Cubs and Mets in the first two weeks of the season; the only possible silver lining is that it will give another former starting pitcher one more shot at starting, and everyone knows about this in advance. ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  17 Feb 2008

Top Ten Keys for the Brewers to make the playoffs (or not)–Part II

The 2008 Milwaukee Brewers open their spring training camp this weekend facing a number of obstacles in their quest for the postseason. I previously identified what I thought who were the top five individual players that would make a difference in ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  17 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Bill Castro,  Chris Capuano,  Ned Yost,  Mike Cameron,  Derrick Turnbow

Top Ten Keys for the Brewers to make the playoffs (or not)–Part I

It’s that time of year again. Pitchers and catchers report on Saturday, followed soon thereafter by the position players. As I’ve done in years past, I’ve identified what I feel are the Top Ten things that need to happen in order for the Brewers to ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  13 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Jason Kendall,  Ben Sheets,  Johnny Estrada,  Bill Hall,  Damian Miller

Bush signs for $2.55 million…now will he be traded?

The Brewers reached an agreement on a one-year deal for $2.55 million with pitcher Dave Bush, once again avoiding an arbitration hearing, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s Tom Haudricourt in his jsonline.com blog. Bush, then, becomes the ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  6 Feb 2008
Related Topics: David Bush,  Chris Capuano,  National League,  Bartolo Colon,  Jeff Weaver

Impact of Santana trade: A Plus for Brewers

When the best pitcher in baseball gets traded from the other league into your league–in this case, Johan Santana going from the American League’s Twins to the National League’s Mets–most teams in the new league, in this case the NL, would start to moan ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  3 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Johan Santana,  American League,  National League

Apology to Keith Law

Friday, while having a bit of down time at work, I went to the Brewers’ area of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal website, and found Tom Haudricourt’s post on ESPN’s Top 100 prospects, in which Haudricourt noted that Law had ranked outfielder Matt LaPorta ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  2 Feb 2008
Related Topics: BP p.l.c.

Brewers’ 6-7-8 hitters for ‘08

That said, Yost’s lineups tend to have a common thread–in all 6 of the most commonly used lineups in ‘07, Rickie Weeks batted leadoff in all of them, while J.J. Hardy hit second in 5 of the 6. While one would like to believe that Yost changed lineups ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  29 Jan 2008
Related Topics: J.J. Hardy,  Jason Kendall,  Corey Hart

Brewers’ 3-4-5 hitters? Braun, Fielder, and…Gross?

In our series of posts on the 2008 Milwaukee Brewers’ batting order–at least the one that skipper Ned Yost should start with during Cactus League play–we’ve already determined the first two spots in the batting order: The criteria for the #3 and #4 ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  25 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Ned Yost,  J.J. Hardy,  Bill Hall

#2 hitter for Brewers in ‘08 should be Corey Hart

Continuing my series on the Brewers’ 2008 batting order, the second spot in the batting order should have someone that can capitalize whenever leadoff hitter Rickie Weeks gets on base–in other words, the Brewer with one of the highest OBP with runners ...

From DAVID HANNES, Most Valuable Network,  24 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Corey Hart,  Ned Yost,  Mike Cameron,  Tony Gwynn,  Gabe Gross

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