The Milwaukee Brewers were perhaps a bit surprised last week when reliever Francisco Rodriguez accepted their arbitration offer, likely putting the team on the hook for something north of the $11.5 million Rodriguez made last season in the third year of a three-year contract he originally signed ...
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December 14, 2011
MILWAUKEE Aramis Ramirez is officially a Milwaukee Brewer.
The team introduced the 33-year-old third baseman Wednesday during a press conference at Miller Park, and his powerful bat could go a long way to filling the void left by departing free-agent first baseman Prince Fielder.
A career .284 hitter, Ramirez is also a two-time All-Star, has reached 100 RBI six times in his career...
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December 16, 2011
Ryan Braun‘s performance-enhancing drug saga is ongoing, and nobody seems to know with any certainty how it will end. Unfortunately, the Milwaukee Brewers are part of that large group eagerly awaiting the outcome. The Brewers aren’t going to re-sign Prince Fielder and now stand to potentially lose their best player for almost a third of the season.
But what do they do...
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December 16, 2011
With 2011 slowly winding to a close, baseball’s offseason has really heated up, most teams are searching for that one move that could put them on the map, or in the case of the Milwaukee Brewers, over the top and into the World Series. Three large moves have been highlights, as well as some smaller moves have been made and all with varying ideas of success.
The smaller moves...
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December 15, 2011
They haven't even reached the starting gate, but don't count the Rangers out of the Prince Fielder Derby. In fact, oddsmaker Jon Heyman lists them as the morning-line favorite to add the free-agent slugger to their already potent lineup.
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December 15, 2011
Milwaukee Brewers superstar Ryan Braun, the reigning NL MVP, recently tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The All-Star outfielder claims it’s all BS….and now RUMORS are swirling that Braun tested positive for herpes, and the totally-acceptable and legal medication given to him by his doctor caused the positive test.
Dude, Braun… just don’t go there...
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December 15, 2011
Pretending that baseball players aren't cheating with steroids anymore might make it easy to cheer for home runs again, but it doesn't exactly help to fight the problem. Blind faith does not help to find the truth.
When Ryan Braun, the future of good-guy, clean baseball players and current National League MVP, tested positive for banned substances this month, it was portrayed...
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December 14, 2011
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December 14, 2011
One team tells Scott Miller of CBS Sports Prince Fielder is looking for a ten-year deal. As Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports writes, isn't Fielder entitled to an Albert Pujols-like contract, as a 27-year-old coming off a monster season?
The problem is the marketplace, however, writes Morosi. The teams with the biggest payrolls don't appear to be fits for Fielder. Over...
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December 15, 2011
The question of where Prince Fielder will play for the next several years remains up in the air. Adding Prince Fielder to the Rangers' potent lineup would make it the best in baseball -- hands down.
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December 14, 2011
Can Aramis Ramirez replace Prince Fielder's production? Was Trevor Cahill worth the asking price in Arizona? Cliff Corcoran answers that and more in his latest Hot Stove Roundup.
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