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Small-market Brewers will pay to field a winner

MILWAUKEE It would have been unthinkable just five years ago, but the Milwaukee Brewers will open the 2012 season with a payroll in excess of 100 million. That's a fairly hefty number for a team that plays in Major League Baseball's smallest media market, but it's also a testament to the product general manager Doug Melvin has put on the field, the willingness of owner...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin  |  3 hours ago
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2012 Milwaukee Brewers: The Starting Rotation and Catchers

After covering both the infield and outfield over the past couple of weeks, we’ve finally gotten to possibly the most vital position on the team, if the last decade is used as a measuring stick. That is the starting rotation. There are no changes whatsoever from last year’s starting five except maybe the order they’re ranked. But no matter what, this is a team strength...
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If Ryan Braun Is Innocent

Much has been written about the fate of Ryan Braun's appealed 50-game suspension. Most of it is peppered in an altogether negative (or as some call it, "realistic") overtone. We've touched on it. Articles routinely mention that Major League Baseball has never overturned a PED-related suspension. Milwaukee's front office has added personnel in the instance its...
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Bullpen will again be a strength in 2012

MILWAUKEE In 2011, the Milwaukee Brewers went into the All-Star break tied with the St. Louis Cardinals atop the National League Central. They went 49-43 in the first half a respectable mark but tore through the second half with a 47-23 record, on the way to a franchise-record 96 victories and their first division title in 29 years. There may have been no bigger factor in that...
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If Ryan Braun is guilty…

And still, we wait. I don't know about anyone else, but I am having trouble living my day to day life without worrying about the fate of Ryan Braun. I have a kid and a job and tons of friends (okay, two) and like life responsibilities, but the potential suspension of a baseball player is dominating my thoughts and crushing my dreams. Most nights I just put a "Free Ryan"...
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2012 Fantasy Baseball: Zack Greinke & the Milwaukee Brewers starting rotation preview

Zack Greinke (credits below) Last offseason, Milwaukee made a couple bold trades to strengthen its pitching rotation by bringing Zack Greinke and Shaun Marcum over from the American League.Both moves paid off as those two studs each had an ERA under 3.85 and helped the Brewers make the postseason on the strength of a 3.63 team ERA.This offseason, the Brewers did not add or subtract...
Via The Fantasy Fix  |  1 day ago
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Melvin elected to Canadian Baseball HOF

MILWAUKEE Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin has been elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Melvin was born in raised in Chatham, Ontario, the same hometown of hall of fame pitcher Fergeson Jenkins. Growing up, Melvin idolized Jenkins, who won 284-226 games in his 19-year career. "That's who inspired me to play baseball," Melvin said Tuesday on...
Via Fox Sports Wisconsin  |  2 days ago
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Player Profile #72: Aramis Ramirez | 3B | MIL

Milwaukee, meet Aramis Ramirez, or, as many will come to know him, not Prince Fielder. Ramirez is a nice player, a very good player even. He’s a .300 hitter (when healthy), still has enough pop to hit 30 homers (when healthy) and, if guys do their job and get on base in front of him, he can still drive in 100 runs (when healthy). There’s one problem with Ramirez, though...
Via Baseball Professor  |  2 days ago
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2012 Top 20 Prospects – Milwaukee Brewers

2012 Top 20 Prospects – Milwaukee Brewers It’s prospect season again. I’ve had my rankings listed on team pages, but have been horrible about keeping those up to date. As I mentioned on the pages, I’m looking at other rankings when I make mine (along with scouting reports and my own opinion). This time we look at the Milwaukee Brewers. For the top 20, I&...
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Season Previews: Milwaukee Brewers

It's about time to kick off one of our favorite things in all the world: Season Previews. Five years ago, they began as a semi-serious analysis and ended up as half-assed haiku. We're just gonna go with what we know. Moving right along with our preview of the National League Central, here is a look at the 2012 Milwaukee Brewers. We hope Ryan Braun Didn't cheat or have...
Via Babes Love Baseball  |  3 days ago
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Yovani Gallardo Player Projection No. 67

Key Stats: Yovani Gallardo went from good to great last season. He always had the ability to strikeout one hitter per inning, but last season he demonstrated better control than ever before by posting a career best 2.6 BB/9. That was a full walk lower than the season before. As a result, Gallardo was able to throw more pitches, pitches under less stress (from the wind up as opposed...
Via Fantasy Baseball 365  |  4 days ago
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Brewers, RHP Marcum agree to one-year, $7.725 million deal

The Milwaukee Brewers and right-handed pitcher Shaun Marcum have agreed to a one-year contract worth $7.725 million, avoiding arbitration on Friday.Marcum requested $8.7 million and the Brewers countered with a $6.75 million offer when they exchanged arbitration salaries last month.The 30-year-old made $4.05 million last season when he posted a 13-7 record with a 3.54 ERA.Marcum...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  6 days ago
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Marcum, Brewers settle at $7,725,000

Pitcher Shaun Marcum and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to a one-year contract worth $7,725,000, just ahead of the scheduled start of their salary arbitration hearing. Friday's deal was at the midpoint between the $8.7 million and $6.75 million figures filed by the sides when they exchanged proposed arbitration salaries last month. Marcum made $4.05 million last year, when...
Via AP on Fox  |  6 days ago
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Can (and should) the Brewers extend Zack Greinke?

Zack Greinke recently indicated he would be open to an extension with the Brewers, which is a perfectly acceptable reason to get excited as a fan. The prospect of a Greinke (or Shaun Marcum) extension has been bandied about among Brewer faithful for some time, and between Greinke’s excellent track record, possible room for growth, clean injury history, and apparent liking of Milwaukee...
Via Brewers Bar  |  7 days ago
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PLUSHED ICE

Video: Nyjer Morgan practices with the Sharks

It started when Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Nyjer Morgan appeared on Jim Rome is Burning during the baseball season wearing a personalized San Jose Sharks sweater bearing the name of his alter ego “Tony Plush.” And on Wednesday, Morgan got the chance to join the Sharks for their morning practice during which he showed off some impressive moves for a baseball...
Via The Daily Rival  |  7 days ago
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