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Right after the season ended, LaTroy Hawkins decided he would attend the winter meetings. It turned out to be a worthwhile trip.
The Milwaukee Brewers landed a pair of free-agent pitchers Wednesday, reaching agreements with starter Randy Wolf and reliever LaTroy Hawkins, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
Randy Wolf understood when Houston pulled a $27 million, three-year offer before last season because of the faltering economy. In the meantime, he made his first postseason appearance and parlayed it into an even bigger contract from the Brewers.
Pitchers Seth McClung and Mark DiFelice and catcher Mike Rivera have been let loose by the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Milwaukee Brewers have declined a club option on right-handed reliever David Weathers for next season.
All-time saves leader Trevor Hoffman agreed Monday to a one-year, $8 million contract to return to the Milwaukee Brewers next season.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Ken Macha will be back for a second season in 2010.
Prince Fielder homered twice and Jody Gerut's two-out infield hit drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the Milwaukee Brewers sent the St. Louis Cardinals scuffling to the postseason with a 9-7 victory on Sunday.
It's a Rocktober redux for the Colorado Rockies, who are back in the playoffs after a one-year hiatus.
Jimmy Rollins hit his 21st home run of the season, Ryan Howard tied Prince Fielder for the major league RBI lead and the Philadelphia Phillies took another step toward clinching the NL East title with a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.
Prince Fielder hit his 42nd homer to give him a majors-best 131 RBIs and rookie Chris Narveson struck out 10 for his first win as a starter, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Prince Fielder hits his 40th homer and Yovani Gallardo pitched five strong innings to help Milwaukee complete a sweep of the Houston Astros with a 6-0 win on Sunday.
Jody Gerut hit a grand slam, Mike Rivera delivered a key bases-loaded double and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-4 Thursday for a four-game split between teams finishing disappointing seasons.
Prince Fielder homered to tie Milwaukee's single-season RBI record, Alcides Escobar had a two-run single in a four-run seventh inning and the Brewers completed a three-game sweep of Arizona in a 5-3 victory.
Rookie Casey McGehee homered twice, drove in six runs, and went 4 for 5, and David Bush earned his first victory in almost four months as the Milwaukee Brewers routed the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2 on Saturday night.
Albert Pujols hit two home runs for a majors-leading 47 and Adam Wainwright picked up his 18th win with seven scoreless innings in the St. Louis Cardinals' 5-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
The Milwaukee Brewers turned their first triple play in 10 years, pulling it Sunday on a grounder by San Francisco's Aaron Rowand.
Prince Fielder hit a solo home run with one out in the 12th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers, helped by a triple play, beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1.
Rookie Casey McGehee hit a two-run homer off John Smoltz after St. Louis failed to turn a double play, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cardinals 4-3 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Shortstop Craig Counsell helped Milwaukee turn a season-high four double plays and drove in two runs as the Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the 21st straight time at home, 4-1 Sunday.
Brewers closer Trevor Hoffman was placed on waivers and claimed by another team, but Milwaukee general manager Doug Melvin said Friday he had not had any trade discussions involving the career saves leader.
Justin Lehr overcame a rocky start Thursday to pitch into the eighth inning and drew a key walk in Cincinnati's five-run fifth, helping the Reds to an 8-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that completed a three-game sweep.
The nation's top brewers said Tuesday they plan to raise prices this fall, even as some of their top brands are seeing sales volume drop.
Ryan Braun hit a two-run home run to jumpstart a six-run sixth inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Washington Nationals 7-1 Monday.
The Milwaukee Brewers traded slumping third baseman Bill Hall to the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday for minor league pitcher Ruben Flores.
Booze Cruise: The top ten weird and wonderful beers from around the worldWith news today that a Scottish brewing company has laid claim to creating the world's strongest beer, we take a look at some other tipples you may well want to think twice about trying. Read article for info on ten interesting beers from around the world.
Brace yourself: Beer prices are going upBrewers say rising commodity costs and lower volumes are forcing them to raise its price tags.
* Guillermo Mota intentionally plunked Prince Fielder with one out to go in a blowout Tuesday night, Russell Martin admitted afterward that manager Joe Torre ordered the hit, and Fielder tried to storm the Dodgers clubhouse following the game ...
Craig documented earlier today the story of Prince Fielder losing his mind and trying to go after Dodgers pitcher Guillermo Mota following last night's game in Los Angeles.
* CBS2.com in Los Angeles has some footage of an irate Prince Fielder trying to force his way into the Dodgers' clubhouse to confront Guillermo Mota after being plunked with one out remaining in a 17-4 blowout last night.
Prince Fielder got plunked by Guillermo Mota in the ninth, and then this happened:
As expected, Edinson Volquez underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery Monday as doctors discovered that the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow was almost completely torn.
As I mentioned in the recaps this morning, it was probably a blessing in disguise that the Mariners have face-planted in the past week or so.
Earlier this year Scott Downs emerged as Toronto's closer thanks to B.J. Ryan's struggles and Wednesday the Blue Jays welcomed him back from the disabled list by releasing Ryan.
Future assistant to the travelling secretary? "We all work every day from 9 a.m. to midnight, and basically 12 months a year. I'll be glad to have Ryan help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy."
In yesterday's recaps I wondered whether it was time for Brewers fans to finally stop booing Gary Sheffield.
Sunday night Mariano Rivera joined Trevor Hoffman as the only members of the 500-save club, so I thought it would be interesting to compare their Hall of Fame careers:
* Assistant general manager Gord Ash revealed yesterday that the Brewers were in talks with the Indians for Mark DeRosa before he was traded to the rival Cardinals. "They didn't feel like we had the type of players they were looking for," Ash said.
In the past, when snow, storms and floods have made baseball an impossible task someplace, Miller Park in Milwaukee has pinch-hit as the "home" park for the affected team. Now, it seems, it may need a pinch-hitter of its own:
Fielder is on pace to knock in 157 runs. The article below is meant to provide a quick look at how my preseason projections match up with the paces of select major league hitters.
* Milwaukee dumping Manny Parra from the rotation yesterday was a long time coming. Not only has he been awful recently, going 0-4 with a 13.50 ERA over his last five starts, Parra is 5-14 with a 6.41 ERA since last season's All-Star break.
Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun says he has been contacted by "The Bachelor" and asked to be on the show. Apparently not worried about needing help finding love, or simply eager to maintain some self-respect, Braun said thanks, but no thanks to the show.
* Charlie Manuel refused to take ninth-inning duties away from Brad Lidge despite a 7.27 ERA and six blown saves, but he'll have no choice now that the closer has landed on the disabled list with a sprained knee.
Tommy Hanson's much-anticipated MLB debut was a bust Sunday as Milwaukee got to the 22-year-old right-hander for seven runs, including three homers.
* The latest reason why he's one of my favorite managers: Jim Leyland apologized and admitted that he "was totally out of line" after being ejected from yesterday's game for arguing balls and strikes with an imploding Dontrelle Willis on the mound.
* I'm on the fence about the "fire pit" at the Twins' new ballpark, but the Brewers coming up with the idea to use their parking lot for drive-in movies is brilliant.
Doug Miller of MLB.com crunched the numbers and found that since 1995--when MLB expanded to six divisions--66.3 percent of the teams in first place on June 1 have gone on to win the division.
Doesn't suck Mike Cameron, on homering last night against the Twins to reach 250 homers and 250 steals for his career: It kind of reminds me of all the times the people tell you that you suck, now I can look back and say I was in some very select company.
Bush looks to stay perfect against Twins With the Brewers and Twins less than two hours away from first pitch, here are some things to consider:
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