Yardbarker: Rickie Weeks

Blogging the Offseason: Milwaukee Brewers

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:11:00 -0500

Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here.Today's team NL is the Milwaukee Brewers and our guest is Andrew from The Grand National Champions.1. You've been a proponent in the past of trading Prince Fielder, do you still try to make that move in the offseason if you are the Brewers GM? Do you just look for young pi...

Looking back at community projections: Second basemen

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:31 -0500

More photos » by Jim Prisching - AP Rickie Weeks tosses his bat to one of the five other Brewers to play his position in 2009. The bat was later stolen by Prince Fielder, who used it to win the Home Run Derby, if I recall correctly. Browse more photos » Ok, after a day off for The Thinker, let's jump back into this with a look at second basemen: Take a moment to think, once again, about what happened ...

Yosty! A Retrospective

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:36 -0500

As KL mentioned in Thursday's Mug, October 29, 2009 marked the seven-year anniversary of the hiring of former Brewers skipper Nedgar "Ned" Yost III. If Yost was known for anything during his extended run as Milwaukee's manager (besides, of course, his gross mismanagement of the bullpen and the fact that he started managing with two hands around his neck when the goin' got tough), it was his penchant for saying things that defied reason, logic, data, and, in gen...

Taking a look at some early projections

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:35:51 -0500

More photos » by Morry Gash - AP Can Rickie Weeks bounce back and have a strong 2010? Browse more photos » Earlier this week, ACTA Sports sent me a preview of the hitter projections from 2010's Bill James Handbook. Obviously, it's still really early, but I found some of the projections interesting, so I thought I'd pass them along to you. Let's start with your likely leadoff hitter for the...

Weeks strongly opposes moving him to the outfield

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:57:20 -0500

Put the idea out of mind. It won't happen. Maybe Brewers fans got used to moving guys around the diamond because the club shuttled Ryan Braun and Bill Hall into different positions. But that's not happening this time. Rickie Weeks is a second baseman.

Rampant Speculation: Filling out a coaching staff for 2010

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:00:27 -0500

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP I don't think Ken Macha should return next season. If he doesn't, who should replace him? Browse more photos » The last few weeks haven't gone so well for Ken Macha, and there's an increasing possibility that he will and/or should be let go after just one season at the helm in Milwaukee. Until a few weeks ago, I was indifferent on Macha, and felt like he...

The J.J. Hardy Overreaction

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:24:28 -0500

More photos » by Al Behrman - AP The new shortstop of the Nashville Sounds. Browse more photos » The Brewers optioned J.J. Hardy to Nashville. We don't really know all of the details about this yet, so maybe it's a two-week Rickie Weeks type situation to try to get him on track, but it's pretty rash and definitely an overreaction. Everything I said back here about Hardy still applies. He'...

A Taste of Brewers Hit F/x from April

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:18:44 -0500

More photos » by Morry Gash - AP about 1 month ago: Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks hits during the fourth inning of a baseball game Thursday, May 14, 2009, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Browse more photos » It's not much data and it's not particularly meaningful, but I have the data and I finally had time to figure out how to use it, and here it is. I'll go through the hitters ...

The Brewer Nation - Introduction

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:38:21 -0500

Welcome everyone to the Brewer Nation blog here on MyTeamRivals.com. I am Adam "Big" Rygg and I do indeed write the Brewer Nation blog over at http://www.thebrewernation.com as well. I was approached to ply my trade here as well, though, and I accepted! I mean, why not have even more opportunities to write about the Milwaukee Brewers? But, before I start writing my thoughts, feelings and whatnot, how about a little introduction for those of you that have not yet heard of me or the...

I’m Rick Weeks, B*tch!

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:39:10 -0500

Just when the various beat-writer types had decided Rickie Weeks was one of the Brewers' biggest liabilities heading down the stretch, and?collectively pronounced that the Ray Durham acquisition proved their point, Rickie Weeks?made a return trip to St. Louis'?left-field upper deck "Big Mac" land, validated Ned Yost's patience (at least for now), and bought himself [...]

Braves On The Road? ? No Comment

Thu, 29 May 2008 06:46:15 -0500

A strange at-bat by Brian McCann in the eighth and a Rickie Weeks (.205) triple that scored a run highlighted the latest Braves' one-run loss on the road trip; a 1-0 game in the favor of the Brewers.

Second Look: Leadoff hitter? Stats say it should be Weeks

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:25:22 -0500

Rickie Weeks should be the Brewers' leadoff hitter for 2008.