Location: Milwaukee, Wis. | Ballpark: Miller Park (41,900) | Owner: Mark Attanasio | Spring Training: Phoenix, Ariz.
GM: Doug Melvin | Manager: Ken Macha | World Championships: 0
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POWER RANKINGS
Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
07/07/2009
14
11
They can't pitch and Ryan Braun isn't happy about it, as witnessed by his "we can't pitch, so get us some pitchers, please" comments the other afternoon. He's got balls calling out management like this after last season's mammoth trade for the mammoth C.C. Sabathia. Doug Melvin's pennant-race bona fides can't be doubted after that one ... There's lotsa talk out there about the possibility the Brewers will deal Corey Hart and his night-vision sunglasses (requisite old-person pop-cultural nod) as part of a deal to net some of the aforementioned pitching. Based on his sporadic effort and pending priciness, I don't think he alone nets anything worth having.
06/30/2009
11
11
A deal in which the Brewers get Doug Davis and Felipe Lopez from the D-Backs makes a lot of sense. Why would Arizona accept anything less than a king's ransom for them a full month away from the trade deadline, though? ... Manny Parra was dominant in Triple-A, and then he wasn't. I say let the guy marinade down there for a few weeks more. Long bus rides and stultifying heat are a wonderful motivational tool.
06/23/2009
11
7
The starting pitching, or lack thereof, has reached crisis status. Can you throw strikes? Can you hustle your ass over to first base on a grounder to the right side of the infield? If so, report to the Miller Park bullpen at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday for a pre-game rubdown and carb infusion ... The schedule until the All-Star break isn't very forgiving (Twins, Giants, Mets, Cubs, Dodgers, Cardinals), but at least they won't have to worry about securing baby-sitters and stopping the mail: all but the Cubs series are at home.
06/16/2009
7
4
Here's what gives me pause about this year's Brewers: They only boast one pitcher with proverbial "great stuff" (Yovani Gallardo), and the team isn't solid enough defensively to backstop a staff that doesn't miss bats. Of course, the recently farmed out Manny Parra has "great stuff," and he harnessed it somewhat less than adeptly ... J.J. Hardy should've been bounced down in the batting order long ago ... Based on Trevor Hoffman's performance in San Diego last year and his smoke-and-mirrors efforts so far in 2009, I can't help but think that Sunday's blown save will be the first in a series. I hope I'm wrong about this.
06/09/2009
4
2
They continued to hit the ball, but Manny Parra's disastrous outings made the swing down Florida and Atlanta way look much worse than it was. ... Yovani Gallardo received his budding-ace merit badge weeks ago, but a rotation of Gallardo/Suppan/Parra/Looper/Bush likely won't amount to much in October. This is a fun team to watch, so I hope they can free up a few dollars for a pitching acquisition before too long.
06/02/2009
2
6
They get this slot based primarily on their 21-10 record within a division that boasts three other competent teams. ... Why call up hitting prodigy Mat Gamel if you're not going to use the guy? He might as well be back in Triple-A learning how to play defense without looking like he's in the throes of an epileptic fit. ... Until Monday night's meltdown -- please let this be the one that prompts GM Doug Melvin to cast Jorge Julio into the wilderness for good -- the Brewers' 'pen had been air-tight for quite some time. I'm not waiting for Trevor Hoffman to explode or anything like that, but let's just say I won't be surprised when it happens.
05/26/2009
6
3
Assuming the Padres come down to earth and put Jake Peavy back on the market, Milwaukee would seem to be an ideal place for him to land. The Brewers have the prospects to get him, if not the will to absorb his elephantine contract ... The analyst for Sunday night's Brewers/Twins broadcast was decent enough to inform me that J.J. Hardy wasn't in the starting lineup due to -- and I quote this verbatim -- "an injury." Do you have any idea how diligently these guys work to cultivate sources able to convey information with such specificity? Journalism is hard.
05/19/2009
3
8
There's nothing they're not doing well about now, and they're doing it against reasonably high-level competition. ... I'm not ready to write Trevor Hoffman an apology note just yet for placing him atop my preseason "guys who will torch barns" list. ... You just knew Rickie Weeks' emergence had to be a tease. He's the family screw-up who finally starts getting acceptable grades during his junior year of college, only to come home for the holidays with a misspelled "simper fi" tattoo on the side of his neck.
05/12/2009
8
16
They finished a 20-games-in-20-days stretch with a 14-6 record ... If Yovani Gallardo keeps pitching (and occasionally hitting) the way that he has, many a marketing opportunity will come his way. Expect to see a "Yovani For Men" musk on department-store countertops before too long.
05/05/2009
16
21
The Brewers' savage treatment of the Pirates -- after Monday night's come-from-behind special, they've administered 16 straight beatings -- has evolved way past older-sibling-hazing-younger-one. It's now into Germany-vs.-Poland territory ... Don't look now, but Rickie Weeks is finally hitting righties a bit and Yovani Gallardo has curbed his mound inefficiency and Prince Fielder is sauntering around the basepaths like the most graceful of geldings and Ryan Braun's back is firm and righteous and ... No! I told you not to look! You'll ruin everything, you ruiner!
Preseason Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
02/16/2009
12
-
The starting pitching looks more workable than inspiring, but they'll score a whole lotta runs. ... With some work -- OK, lots of work -- Prince Fielder could still evolve into a five-category guy, adding defense to patience, average, power and tofu cheeseburgers. ... Now that he's been evicted from Petco's spacious confines, I fear for poor Trevor Hoffman's well-being. ... My prediction for Rickie Weeks in '09: big things. Meanwhile, this is the kind of milestone that all too often goes unnoticed in this line of work, so I'd like to congratulate myself on five consecutive years of unsuccessful "Rickie Weeks: big things" prognostication.
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