With spring training right around the corner and all of the major free agents signed and ready to go with their respective teams, I thought it would be interesting to see which teams have positioned themselves for a playoff run in 2012. Obviously things are going to change from now to Opening Day, but it’s [...]
If the Milwaukee Brewers are going to repeat as National League Central champions in 2012, they are going to need all the hands they have remaining to be on deck and ready to go. They lost Prince Fielder to the Detroit Tigers and there is a very good chance they will lose Ryan Braunto a [...]
When the news broke that Detroit Tigers’ C/DH Victor Martinez was out for the year with a knee injury, we speculated that the Tigers would pursue a veteran DH on a one-year deal. Names like Carlos Pena, Johnny Damon, and Raul Ibanez came up. However, Tigers’ GM Dave Dombrowski wasn’t having any of that veteran [...]
I was watching Anchorman this weekend and I could just picture Kansas City Royals GM, Dayton Moore acting like Champ Kind when Ron Burgandy missed the pancake breakfast when he was courting Yuniesky Betancourt to come back to Kansas City. Moore definitely missed Betancourt’s musk. After a year apart, the Royals have signed Betancourt to [...]
The Milwaukee Brewers have won exclusive negotiating rights with Japanese OF Norichika Aoki according to the Brewers’ official website. The Brewers paid a small $2.5 million in order to win the negotiating rights to Aoki. The Brewers will hold a workout for Aoki in Arizona in order to see if he can cut the mustard [...]
With the signing of Aramis Ramirez and Casey McGehee being shipped out of town, let’s take a look at the projected Milwaukee Brewers’ lineup for 2012. We are going to have two lineups: One with Ryan Braun and one sans Braun. With Braun 1. Rickie Weeks, 2B 2. Nyjer Morgan/Carlos Gomez, CF 3. Ryan Braun, [...]
